Category: Features
Crypto structured products: shift from delta one to options-based structures
International | Features
16 Sep 2022 by Pablo Conde
The transfer of skills from TradFi to DeFi is helping to create standards, accelerate the transition towards a more regulated space and provide a wider product choice. New entrants are making the institutional market the first stop in their roadmap.
Change of direction - risk management in focus
International | Features
15 Sep 2022 by Pablo Conde
The recent crash in the crypto market has brought attention to risk management and the need for broader market exposure to avoid the risk of overweighing on single names.
Cryptos: digital assets as an asset class strongly correlated with crypto market sentiment
International | Features
13 Sep 2022 by Pablo Conde
The advent of the cryptocurrencies and DeFi as an asset class has created a virtuous circle where the demand from investors to access digital assets fuels new product activity. At the same time, product providers are accelerating crypto adoption.
TradFi - catching up
International | Features
12 Sep 2022 by Pablo Conde
Traditional financial institutions are increasingly looking at leveraging blockchain technology to improve efficiency, increase transparency and reduce costs.
Slowly but surely – the unstoppable Blockchain
International | Features
09 Sep 2022 by Pablo Conde
Distributed ledgers, blockchains and smart contracts are posed to have a transformational effect in business, government and society, but also in the structured products market.
MSCI: the market has shown resilience in a tough environment
International | Features
31 Aug 2022 by Pablo Conde
The index provider is seeking to expand its footprint in the structured products market with new topical strategies and the use of technology and artificial intelligence to deliver new sources of return.
Ban on commissions: before the fall
Europe | Features
17 Aug 2022 by Sybil Yorke
In our second article on the likely effect of an EU-wide commission ban, Sybil Yorke probes cause and coincidence in the UK’s post-ban retail market.
BNP Paribas' Meary: we shifted our strategy to focus on the flow side of the business
International | Features
15 Jul 2022 by Pablo Conde
In the first of a two-part interview, Renaud Meary, global head of equity derivatives at BNP Paribas, talks about the new divisional set up, last year’s activities and the market shift towards products with shorter investment terms.
Leverage Shares: strategies that worked previously don't work anymore
Europe | Features
13 Jul 2022 by Pablo Conde
The UK ETP provider continues to expand its offering and build up its footprint in the European listed products market.
