The autocall remains one of the most popular structures – both for investors and the industry – however, people are often not aware how difficult these structures are to risk manage, and distributors are looking to diversify their offering, according to panellists at the ‘Strategies for diversification: beyond auto-call concentration’ discussion at SRP Europe 2020, held in London on January 30.

Autocalls respresented almost half of all sales volumes in 2019, according to Talal Dehbi, founder and CEO Mount Investment Group, who moderated the panel. “Two thirds of all products issued in the Apac region were autocalls, in Europe around 45% and in North America around 38%. That gives an idea how popular these products are,” said Dehbi. Ferran Vila, head of the structured products desk at Morabanc, said that the majority of investors are looking for dividend yield in the equit

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