The strongest growth in open interest was recorded by interest-rate products and 100% capital protection certificates.
Outstanding volumes for structured certificates sold to Austrian retail investors reached €16.3 billion (US$18.6 billion) in April – an all-time high, according to the latest figures released by the Austrian certificate association ( Zertifikate Forum Austria or ZFA). We can clearly see the benefits of certificates, and fortunately, more and more retail investors are taking advantage of them - Uwe Kolar, ZFA Open interest was up by €123.4m or 0.8% month-on-month (MoM); since