The increase in volatility since the outbreak of Covid-19 has shifted the attention towards market neutral strategies and structured products as a way for HNWIs to access new opportunities such as IPOs.
These and other topics were discussed during the Trends for ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) investors panel at the virtual SRP Apac 2021 Conference which took place on 15-16 June. The past 18 months has seen a significant shift towards unfunded notes and market neutral strategies featuring outperformance and dispersion notes, according to Ishan Sarkar (pictured) , head of structured products, Southeast Asia at HSBC Private Banking. “Unfunded notes were not very popular before 2019, esse