21 Jul 2025
Salt Financial: intraday vol control boosts risk management in FIAs
Volatility-controlled indices featuring intraday data and rebalancing have emerged as new tools to refine the performance of fixed index annuities (FIA), particularly in volatile conditions.
15 Jul 2025
Amundi deploys risk control structured fund in HK
This capital protected fund is available to retail investors in Hong Kong and offers the opportunity to partially capture the potential upside in the US stock market.
09 Jul 2025
Custom indices: dynamic strategies head-to-head
In this article we compare the characteristics and performance of two similar underlying strategies sold in the US market via structured products.
16 Jun 2025
Risk control: intraday strats save face during tariff-driven sell-off
The latest analysis on the performance of risk control indices by The Index Standard (TIS) reveals that older risk control indices showed larger drawdowns during the market turmoil recorded between Liberation Day and the Geneva announcement on the pause of tariffs with China.
04 Feb 2025
Latest: Bloomberg rolls out risk control index series with RBC
Also: Delta Capita and HSBC enter deal for OTC derivatives services; Prudential aims at Japan expansion; iCapital bolsters portfolio construction platform; and Toss Securities applies for derivatives and options trading licence in Korea.
05 Dec 2024
TIS: next generation risk control has higher risk/return ratio
The increasing popularity of this new type of underlying is backed by its performance.
28 Nov 2024
The Index Standard: analysis - intraday risk control indices
“Need for Speed” – Sometimes too good can be true
27 Nov 2024
Analysis: intraday risk control indices
“Need for Speed” – Sometimes too good can be true
03 Oct 2024
TIS: intraday risk control indices outperform traditional risk control counterparts
This year has seen US equities ride a wave of unprecedented enthusiasm around Artificial Intelligence, driving all-time high levels for US benchmarks.
09 Jul 2024
SRP Apac 2024 Awards: MSCI – risk control indices gain visibility
The global index provider was recognised as the “Best Index Provider” at the SRP Asia Pacific 2024 award ceremony in mid-May for its contribution to the development of custom and risk control indices sold via structured products across Asia, including Thailand and South Korea.
29 Mar 2024
China Market review, February 2024: 5.7-fold sales increase YoY, BOC volumes hit record highs
Six hundred and thirty-five structured products worth an estimated CNY1.5 trillion (US$203.7 billion) were added to the SRP China database in February.
09 Feb 2024
Spotlight on… US risk control with decrement in focus
The risk control underlying co-developed by MerQube and J.P. Morgan has had a strong start of the year.