08 Apr 2024
BBVA adds FX family to QIS range
The launch is part of the Spanish bank's plan to create a full range of investment solutions aimed at institutional investors covering different asset classes.
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21 Aug 2023
South Korea Market Review, June 2023: NH tracks Citi risk premia index
There were 2,303 products issued in the retail segment in June.
15 May 2023
SRP Europe Awards: SGI – QIS played a diversifying, defensive role in 2022
The French bank was recognised as the Best House in Europe for the 10th consecutive year at this year’s SRP Awards Ceremony.
24 Jun 2021
Underlying issues: QIS as a complement of the payoff
Over the last two years, the number of quantitative investment strategies used in the structured products market has increased steadily as issuers and investors look for alternatives to traditional indices to extract value from market trends.
10 Jun 2021
Underlying issues (part 3): QIS
Quantitative investment strategies (QIS) which include smart beta, risk premia and actively managed certificates (AMCs), have also been an area of focus in the structured products market with significant developments across markets over the last five years.
01 Apr 2020
SG & QIS (Part 2): Smart beta is more suitable than risk premia for retail structured products
Following yesterday’s article covering the research side of quantitative investment strategies (QIS), Guillaume Arnaud (pictured), head of quantitative investment solutions at Société Générale, provides an overview of the practical applications of these strategies in the market and how they reached the retail space.
28 Nov 2019
Deutsche balance sheet clean up continues
The German lender has offloaded US$50 billion of unwanted assets to Goldman Sachs as part of the restructuring of the investment banking balance sheet.
04 Sep 2019
Former StanChart head of EQD trading joins fintech platform
PremiaLab expands senior management team with quantitative and risk premia investment strategies specialist.
03 Jul 2019
Expert view: Outright beta exposure brings a high level of uncertainty
In the second of a two part interview, Eric Bensoussan, head of European equity derivatives structuring at Deutsche Bank, talks about why Ucits funds are taking centre stage as well as the current investment themes in the structured products market and why risk premia remains in focus.
19 Nov 2018
20 years on since the creation of the reverse convertible but providers still lack creativity on the long side, Evolids
The founder and chief executive of Swiss quantitative boutique Evolids Finance talks about the beginnings of the reverse convertible payoff and how structured products continue to have great potential to deliver different types of strategies, as well as provide risk control in an integrated manner and sit alongside funds on robo-advisory platforms.