As demand for advanced risk management and valuation solutions increased in the wake of the pandemic, Bloomberg became the first port of call for many structured products market participants looking for risk analytics and ways to respond to new demand driven by monetary policy developments.
SRP spoke to Karim Faraj (pictured) , the firm’s global head of front office derivatives, about how the pandemic has accelerated the digital shift, the increasing use of technology and data to address risk management, and how standardisation could help the industry become more efficient and transparent. What is your assessment of the mid-March market disruption and what role will structured products play going forward? Faraj: The structured products world has been characterised by u