Synthetic dividends, equal weighting of the underlying universe and broader market access for clients have set the standard for indexing in the France structured products retail market during the last couple of years, according to panelists in the Innovaton in indexing for structured products discussion at the inaugural SRP France conference on September 17.
“Innovations have had different axes depending on the country, with prevailing volatility control features in the US and Japan, and leveraged indices in the rest of Asia aimed at boosting structured products efficiency,” said Aurélien Rabaey (pictured), global head of financial engineering equity derivatives, Natixis. “In Europe a pivotal innovation for some years now has been the fixing of synthetic dividends to replace the real dividends and mitigate the uncertainty th
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