Tag: Volatility
TrueMark elevates structured outcome with ‘uncapped upside’ series
North America | Industry
12 Jan 2021 by Lavanya Nair
With structured outcome products making waves in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, SRP caught up with ETF provider TrueMark’s chief executive officer, Mike Loukas (pictured) to discuss the firm’s latest launch.
Idad: we have stuck to our guns and been able to grow
Europe | Products
17 Dec 2020 by Pablo Conde
Structured investment specialist firm Investment Design & Distribution (Idad) has been able to deliver on its plan to launch new businesses and develop new markets amid the market disruption and uncertainty triggered by the Covid pandemic.
Analysis: looking at estimated volatility
North America | Features
27 Nov 2020 by SRP Academy
In the second part of our analysis on estimated volatility, we look at several products linked to single stocks, ETFs and market cap indices.
Meet the ‘Greeks’: first order sensitivities
International | Products
25 Nov 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
This article is the first of two pieces looking at the importance and role of ‘Greeks’ in structured products and derivatives.
Investec moves to de-risk trading books as Covid vol bites
International | Industry
25 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde
The Anglo-South African bank is the latest casualty of the market volatility seen earlier this year but remains “committed” to retail structured products.
US watchdog issues fresh warnings to broker-dealers on vol ETPs
North America | Regulations & Legal
24 Nov 2020 by Lavanya Nair
The Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) office of compliance inspections and examinations has issued a public statement to retail investors on the sales of volatility-linked exchange-traded products (ETPs).
US leaders roundtable: appetite for structured products has increased
North America | Conferences
29 Sep 2020 by Lavanya Nair & Pablo Conde
Decision-makers from some of the US top investment banks offer an insight on how product manufacturers have adapted to the challenges posed by Covid-19 and products and innovations have been developed as a response to the current crisis.
South Korea imposes new restrictions on structured products
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
03 Aug 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde
The Financial Services Commission has released a series of measures to strengthen currency liquidity for securities firms and set up two platforms for investors in response to an increase in issuance of structured products in South Korea.
UBS recommends structured products to enter volatile markets
International | Products
30 Jul 2020 by Pablo Conde
The Swiss bank’s chief investment office (CIO) favours harnessing market turbulence to enter defensively instead of shying away from volatility.
