Participants in SRP’s ‘What do Nordic investors want?’ webinar on 10 December 2020 looked back on what has been an eventful year for structured products.

“It has been a roller-coaster of a year,” said Illka Vakevainen ( pictured ), director, head of capital markets, Taaleri Group. Vakevainen noticed a shift in client demand when the pandemic hit the markets. “Our focus during that time was on making sure that our clients were as comfortable as they could be," he said. There also was an increase in opportunistic trading activity. “When it came to trading on the primary market, big clients wanted to be opportunistic,