As the structured products industry evolves, new opportunities are opening up new players. SRP spoke to Christian Probst (pictured), head of European structuring at Munich Re about how structured products can add value to investors looking into retirement.
What do you see as touch points for between the European insurance industry and structured products? Christian Probst : Whereas historically structured products were used in two contexts, being a) to address a specific own-account issue and b) as an underlying reference for unit-linked contracts, for the last number of years we see insurance companies increasingly using structured products technology to achieve an objective that – for all in the structured products industry – is ver