09 Jun 2020
Covid-19 v GFC: S&P 500 remains king as prop indices lose their footing in US
The impact of the recent market crash in the structured products world has been well documented. As with any market dislocation, trader and investor losses piled up alongside increasing hedging costs and faltering assets.
08 Jun 2020
Covid-19 v GFC: South Korea slows down
As the coronavirus outbreak hit the country at the beginning of 2020, South Korea’s structured products market saw a significant slowdown in activity with both issuance and sales decreasing for the period February to April 2020, compared to the same period last year. Excluding flow and leverage products, issuance and sales fell by 15% and 31%, respectively.
05 Jun 2020
The Netherlands - Covid-19 versus GFC: lockdown turbo charges investor demand
The extreme Covid-19 related volatility on the financial markets at the beginning of this year saw record numbers of turbos issued in the Netherlands during the weeks leading to the mid-march market crash and immediately after.
04 Jun 2020
Japanese structured products market withstands coronavirus test
Despite being close to the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, Japan’s structured products market has remained somehow stable.
02 Jun 2020
France: Covid-19 v GFC - plus ca change
The French structured products market was not impacted negatively by the sanitary crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as suggested by a 73% increase in issuance during the February-April 2020 period compared to the same period last year. ESG demand remained strong with new payoffs deployed to capitalise on the market environment.
15 Oct 2019
Guest contributor: structured products can help in uncertain times
Ten years on since the financial crisis, the chairman of the UK Structured Products Association (UK SPA) Zak de Mariveles (pictured) looks at the lessons learned, how investor behaviour has changed, and how the structured products market in particular has evolved, and can offer compelling solutions in today's uncertain markets.