18 Dec 2024
Schroders: call spread collars, risk reversal deliver protection
The UK asset manager has unveiled some of the equity derivatives (EQD) strategies adding value to investors in the current market environment in its latest research.
13 Dec 2022
Americas – top payoffs 2022: limited reshuffle
As we approach the year end, we look at the best payoff types of structured products issued year-to-date (YTD) across the US, Canadian, and Latin American markets.
08 Jun 2022
Payoff analysis: looking back
The lookback construction is one of the longest standing concepts in structured products. It has a rich history and is still in use in today’s markets many decades after it first appeared.
14 Dec 2021
Hedging bespoke indices: no options, no problem
The increasing use of bespoke indices, also known as custom or proprietary, in structured products across markets is forcing issuers to make assumptions with the use of proxies to hedge their exposures.
08 May 2019
US distributors in the limelight as new mis-selling cases arise
Investors are turning to investment fraud law firms to recover losses from structured notes.