Tag: Volatility
Coronavirus and structured products: no need to panic yet
Europe | Products
25 Feb 2020 by Marc Wolterink
Forget the potential impact of an epidemic, Dutch market players are more concerned about the continued low interest rate environment and believe the volatility caused by the coronavirus could see demand in structured products picking up.
Wilgenhaege/SocGen single stock autocall offers 16% coupon
Europe | Products
06 Feb 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The Dutch asset manager focuses on digitalisation with its latest autocallable note
Credit Suisse in the clear, Vix claims dismissed
International | Industry
30 Sep 2019 by Pablo Conde
The Swiss bank has defeated three lawsuits over products linked to the CBOE Volatility Index the US market following the volatility swings of early 2018 which hit short/inverse Vix investors.
Credit Suisse 2Q2019: volatility impacted revenue
International | Industry
12 Aug 2019 by SRP News
The Swiss bank collected sales of US$2.5 billion from structured products in the second quarter of 2019, the bulk of which were sold in the USA.
Volatility bets dominate Apac FX trades
Asia Pacific | Products
19 Jul 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Playing on market volatility – either a spike or a range in the implied vol – has become a norm for products linked to the equity markets with foreign exchange embracing the trend as markets go sideways.
KIT Finance: Russian HNWIs want knockout structures combined with BRCs
Europe | Products
07 Jun 2019 by Darina Bacheva & Pablo Conde
Russia’s structured products ecosystem has developed rapidly since 2017 and expanded Russian investors’ opportunities through regulatory changes, increased competition among distributors and a wider variety of underlyings and risk-return profiles.
DBS: dispersion trades in focus as choppy markets persist
Asia Pacific | Products
02 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang
DBS continues to focus on market direction neutral trades as global markets face growth headwinds while volatility levels remain subdued.
Product snapshot: BMO capitalises on demand for alternative underlyings
North America | Products
17 Apr 2019 by Suzi Hampson – Future Value Consultants (FVC)
The Canadian market is unlike many other regional markets in that its benchmark index, the S&P/TSX 60 Index, makes up a relatively small percentage of market share of structured product issuance, comprising only 3.03% in 2018.
Forget market direction, providers bet on volatility
Asia Pacific | Features
20 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Despite the global stock markets rebound following a significant plunge at the end of last year, the recovery is showing signs of fragility with a US recession on the cards. SRP takes a look at how the sentiment-driven structured products market in Asia is finding its way out of this uncertainty and whether the market is dangling on the global economy running on late-cycle fumes.
