As we have seen over the last few days, the extreme volatility has resulted in hedging headaches for manufacturers of autocalls due to their negative sensitivity to volatility. Here we provide a roundup of the coverage of the structured products market by different media outlets.

South Korea’s securities firms “are expected to take a breather from financial woes, triggered by the recent rout in risky structured products that placed their heavy bets on foreign stock benchmark indices,” according to South Korea’s The Investor (Brokerages on risky structured bets to take quick breather) .  The report notes the KRW 5 trillion (US$4.1 billion) injection by financial authorities to help securities firms deal with the stress, with half of the mone

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