DDV: Dax top as home bias remains

Fifty-four percent of retail investors in Germany prefer the Dax as underlying for structured investment and leverage products, according to the latest online survey conducted by the German derivatives association ( Deutscher Derivate Verband or DDV). Many German investors continue to concentrate on the domestic market, according to Lars Brandau (pictured) , the DDV’s managing director. “What they see as familiar obviously appears less risky and is sometimes more lucrative,”