Tag: Financial crisis
Covid-19 v GFC: S&P 500 remains king as prop indices lose their footing in US
North America | Products
09 Jun 2020 by Filip Dyankov & Yordan Ivanov
The impact of the recent market crash in the structured products world has been well documented. As with any market dislocation, trader and investor losses piled up alongside increasing hedging costs and faltering assets.
Covid-19 v GFC: South Korea slows down
Asia Pacific | Products
08 Jun 2020 by Lachezara Tsenova
As the coronavirus outbreak hit the country at the beginning of 2020, South Korea’s structured products market saw a significant slowdown in activity with both issuance and sales decreasing for the period February to April 2020, compared to the same period last year. Excluding flow and leverage products, issuance and sales fell by 15% and 31%, respectively.
The Netherlands - Covid-19 versus GFC: lockdown turbo charges investor demand
Europe | Products
05 Jun 2020 by Marc Wolterink & Monika Ilcheva
The extreme Covid-19 related volatility on the financial markets at the beginning of this year saw record numbers of turbos issued in the Netherlands during the weeks leading to the mid-march market crash and immediately after.
Japanese structured products market withstands coronavirus test
Asia Pacific | Products
04 Jun 2020 by Veselin Krastev
Despite being close to the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, Japan’s structured products market has remained somehow stable.
France: Covid-19 v GFC - plus ca change
Europe | Products
02 Jun 2020 by Nikolay Nikolov
The French structured products market was not impacted negatively by the sanitary crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as suggested by a 73% increase in issuance during the February-April 2020 period compared to the same period last year. ESG demand remained strong with new payoffs deployed to capitalise on the market environment.
Guest contributor: structured products can help in uncertain times
Europe | Industry
15 Oct 2019 by Zak de Mariveles
Ten years on since the financial crisis, the chairman of the UK Structured Products Association (UK SPA) Zak de Mariveles (pictured) looks at the lessons learned, how investor behaviour has changed, and how the structured products market in particular has evolved, and can offer compelling solutions in today's uncertain markets.
