The third instalment in SRP’s Greek webinar series with Kai Volatility examined how record structured product issuance and options-driven flows are increasingly interacting with equity markets, with the S&P 500 emerging as the central transmission hub for mechanical buying and hedging effects.

The webinar, Structured Products, Derivatives & Mechanical Buying , focused on how two markets often analysed separately are now increasingly intertwined, with structured products and options activity feeding directly into index-level dynamics. When large concentrations of options or structured products sit near key levels, dealers are forced to adjust exposure -  Cem Karsan, Kai Volatility Advisors As SRP product chief Amelie Labbe noted at the outset, structured products shou