20 Nov 2024
Analysis: structured products linked to mutual funds
Most equity structured products are linked to indices, often well-known benchmarks such as the S&P 500, Eurostoxx 50 or FTSE 100.
09 Oct 2024
UK maturities deliver in Q3, autocalls prevail
FVC’s Suzi Hampson reviews UK maturities in the third quarter of 2024
25 Sep 2024
Greeks aggregation: the value of calculating total risk
Looking at the aggregated risk of large portfolios provides valuable insight into trading distortions and opportunities that may not be immediately obvious by simply tracking issuance trends.
28 Aug 2024
Analysis: volatility-controlled indices
FVC’s Suzi Hampson examines why volatility controlled indices are an integral part of the structured products universe.
05 Jun 2024
Insights: understanding product versus underlying performance
The strength of structured products is their ability to reshape risk-return profiles away from linear outcomes.
04 Jun 2024
Insights: understanding product versus underlying performance
The strength of structured products is their ability to reshape risk-return profiles away from linear outcomes.
10 Apr 2024
StructrPro: US market preference for indices remains strong, issuance fluctuates due to trends and conditions
We look at trends in issuance, maturities and returns across index-linked products in the US market.
14 Feb 2024
StructrPro: falling underlyings
The underlying exposure and the payoff structure are two of the key elements of structured products seeking to invest in the market. But when markets go south protection comes to the fore as a critical feature to minimise the impact of falling underlyings.
13 Feb 2024
StructrPro: falling underlyings
The underlying exposure and the payoff structure are two of the key elements of structured products seeking to invest in the market. But when markets go south protection comes to the fore as a critical feature to minimise the impact of falling underlyings.
07 Dec 2023
Flip-flop products – the rise of callable fixed income structures
The recent rise in interest rates has fundamentally changed the retail structured products market over the last couple of years.
06 Dec 2023
Flip-flop products – the rise of callable fixed income structures
The recent rise in interest rates has fundamentally changed the retail structured products market over the last couple of years.
12 Sep 2023
Strategy & custom indices – banking on diversification needs
The use of strategy and custom indices has had a long and rich history within retail structured products markets for many years.