The index provider has reported ‘tremendous opportunity’ to licence indices to broker-dealers and banks for the creation of OTC derivatives and structured products.

MSCI has seen new OTC product creation from broker-dealer clients in the form of total return swaps on its ESG leaders' indexes in Q3 20 - this activity was soon followed by the establishment of new positions in listed derivatives on MSCI emerging market ESG leaders' futures. ‘This swap is expected to drive structured product issuance in the region and is another good example of the MSCI linked derivatives opportunity,’ said Baer Pettit (pictured) , president and COO at MSCI said in

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