Custom indices help insurance companies differentiate their offering while addressing the increasing demand for diversification from investors seeking exposure beyond market cap indices.

Credit Suisse has been a supplier of custom indices to the US structured notes market for many years but since 2012, the Swiss bank has targeted the indexed annuity space which has resulted in more than 20 products marketed by Nassau Retirement Group featuring its proprietary indices. SRP spoke to Mike Heraty ( pictured ), managing director, equity derivative sales at Credit Suisse in New York, about the annuities market and how is becoming an area of focus for many players as a natural extensi

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