Actively managed certificates (AMCs) have re-emerged as a substitute to traditional funds in clients’ portfolios.
Senior executives from banks and crypto trading firms discussed the role of AMCs as a vehicle to access new exposures and as an alternative to traditional funds investors’ portfolios. An AMC in essence is a fund in a note format issued by a bank and managed by a third party, which can be any entity with a fund management licence or the discretionary portfolio management (DPM) desk of a private bank, according to Carlos Gomez Solorzano, head of institutional solutions sales at OCBC Bank.