Tag: Risk management
View from the top: choice is critical to grow the market (Part 2)
Europe | Products
07 May 2021 by Pablo Conde
In the second part of the interview, Eduardo Montero, partner and senior team member at Protean Capital, discusses the different types of structured funds, how the ELDeR fund compares to other similar structures and how the dividend crisis which was exacerbated by the hedging pressures around structured products in trading desks became an opportunity to buy dividends at a discount.
View from the top: the focus on risk management over yield paid off in 2020
Europe | Features
05 May 2021 by Pablo Conde
The events of March 2020 sent the financial markets into a downward spiral, recording significant drawdowns and levels of volatility not witnessed for decades.
New underlyings: Openmetrics algorithm-based ‘airbag’ strategies gain traction
International | Industry
10 Dec 2020 by Pablo Conde
Leonteq has expanded its collaboration with OpenMetrics - a spin-off of ETH Zurich - and LIXX as an index calculation agent to launch two new products on the topic of downside protection targeted at retail investors.
Fintech view: disaster recovery plans were never tested as they were this year
North America | Technology
23 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde
US technology provider Numerix remains a top global player of risk management tools and analytics to the structured products market.
Vox pop: structured product funds offer access, diversification, liquidity and simplicity
Europe | Features
27 Aug 2020 by Marc Wolterink
Funds that invest in autocallables, bonus and discount certificates and other structured products are becoming increasingly popular. We asked a number of market players about the advantages of investing in a fund of structured products compared to investing in a structured note, plan or deposit.
GSR targets mining counterparties with customised structured product suite
International | Industry
09 Jan 2020 by SRP News
The liquidity provider’s partnership with mining services company Interhash allows miners to protect against losses and earn yield on inventory via risk management solutions.
Bloomberg: Risk management solutions are a high priority
International | Technology
16 Jul 2019 by Amélie Labbé
The US technology company was awarded the Best Technology Provider and Best Pricing and Risk Analytics Providers nods at SRP’s Americas Awards. Karim Faraj (pictured), global head of front office derivatives at Bloomberg, tells SRP what makes Bloomberg different from its competition.
Solactive: Asia investors want focus on risk management, ESG
Asia Pacific | Products
13 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Solactive is in talks with its clients in Asia to roll out products to minimise the volatility on the downside as sustainable investing continues to be a dominant theme this year.
German regulator aims at structured products ‘concentration’ and ‘discretionary scope’ in valuation
Europe | Regulations & Legal
17 Oct 2018 by Pablo Conde
Investment banks and product manufacturers operating in Germany will be required to take 'suitable steps’ to ensure the segregation of accounting duties at institutions with significant trading ‘given the extensive discretionary scope in valuing certain trades such as structured products’