Forget the potential impact of an epidemic, Dutch market players are more concerned about the continued low interest rate environment and believe the volatility caused by the coronavirus could see demand in structured products picking up.

Global financial market registered some of the sharpest falls in years on February 24 after a rise in coronavirus cases renewed fears about economic slowdown. The FTSE 100 closed 3.3% lower, the sharpest decline since January 2016. The German stock exchange in Frankfurt lost four percent while in Italy – which has seen Europe’s worst outbreak of the virus to date – Borsa Italiana lost nearly six percent. A similar story was seen in Amsterdam, where the AEX closed at 593.3 bas