Finding market and index strategies has always been a big part of any discussion involving investment products, according to panellists at the Index Strategies and ETFs panel during the recent SRP South Africa conference, in Cape Town.

The key to a good investment has always been its simplicity and issuers are aiming to come up with solutions to help address client needs, according to Jason Swartz (pictured) , head of portfolio solutions at Satrix. “It is also important to minimise the risk of investing and show what can be done to make portfolios safer. If we can make the underlying, the Top 40 index or the portfolio less volatile, then the structure product becomes much simpler and cheaper," he said. The introdu

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