Cboe Global Markets and the VIX Index are a well-known duo, but the US exchange’s index services business has found its niche as a specialist provider in the domestic structured ETFs space.

SRP spoke to Bruce Traan (pictured) , head of Cboe Global Indices about the firm’s range and the prospect of target outcome indices becoming relevant beyond the US and Canada. “From a perspective of risk, what happened in 2020 is a good reminder of the need to build the ship before the storm. Clearly, we’ve experienced a 10-year bull market and things like downside protection can sometimes be overlooked by certain investor demographics,” says Traan, adding that over the