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Europe Q1 2025: higher sales driven by Swiss recovery

27 June 2025

Europe Q1 2025: higher sales driven by Swiss recovery

In the first quarter of 2025, the European market achieved a strong rebound in both issuance and sales volumes.

Analysis: extracting, aggregating and enriching the option Greeks

27 Jun 2025

Analysis: extracting, aggregating and enriching the option Greeks

In this article, we look at how aggregation of different Greeks provides extra insights when managing underlying risk.

Vanna: calibrating Delta hedges

26 Jun 2025

Vanna: calibrating Delta hedges

As we have seen in previous articles of this series, analysing the role of individual Greeks in derivatives and structured products is an important part of risk management.

Inverse autocallable BRCs: playing the downside

11 Jun 2025

Inverse autocallable BRCs: playing the downside

Inverse autocallable barrier reverse convertibles are one example of inverse or bearish products that are designed to offer attractive returns if the underlying asset declines.

Europe: bearish Phoenix take over as fixed income notes lose steam

06 Jun 2025

Europe: bearish Phoenix take over as fixed income notes lose steam

Interest rate-linked structured products continue to play a key role in Europe, though with different regional preferences.

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28 May 2025

Rho: a key parameter in interest rate-sensitive environments

The previous articles in this Greek textbook series explored Delta,...

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23 May 2025

Spotlight on Apac: underlying sector trends in Q1 2025 – single stocks

Nvidia leads the pack as the most-used underlying in the technology...

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20 May 2025

France 2024 (part 3): decrement indexes closer to risk thresholds

In the third and final part of the analysis of the French structured...

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19 May 2025

France 2024 (part 2): structured products versus ETFs

In the second part of our analysis of the French market, we compare...

Spotlight on France 2024: returns maintain at high levels

16 May 2025

Spotlight on France 2024: returns maintain at high levels

Structured products maturing in the French market returned an average annualised coupon of 8.3% during 2024.

Beyond individual products: structured ETFs, funds and accounts

14 May 2025

Beyond individual products: structured ETFs, funds and accounts

Funds and SMAs are increasingly gaining traction with investors as they offer a diversified portfolio across risk, underlyings and issuers.

France 2024: ESG, decrement assert their position

02 May 2025

France 2024: ESG, decrement assert their position

We look at exposures by asset class and underlying as well as payoff types and investment terms in the French market in 2024.

France 2024: yield enhancement back on top as capital protected rates lose traction

01 May 2025

France 2024: yield enhancement back on top as capital protected rates lose traction

Sales of structured products in the French market recorded a slowdown in the second half of 2024 after a 30% increase in H1 24.