Tag: Reverse convertible
Europe – top performers: Swiss rev conv on US retail tops league table
Europe | Products
13 Jul 2020 by Marc Wolterink
SRP looked at the best-performing products in Europe in the first half of 2020. It came as no surprise that the products that matured in January and February came out on top as the mid-March market crash pushed underlyings below their protection barriers for autocalls and into negative territory for the rest of the structures.
Switzerland Market Review, May 2020: issuance stabilises, commodities fall from grace
Europe | Market Reviews
02 Jul 2020 by Petar Dimitrov
May’s issuance figures for Swiss structured products remained roughly on par with those of the previous month, at 2,424 offerings worth an estimated CHF176m (€165m).
The art of stock picking in structured products
International | Products
24 Jun 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
The global health and economic situation of 2020 has profoundly changed the world we live in. As a consequence of the economic damage that is expected in both the short and longer terms, equity markets have been on a rollercoaster ride. Tim Mortimer looks at how the stock picking technique used by asset managers can be even more complicated in the structured products market.
Swiss investors brace themselves, US$4.58bn at risk
Europe | Products
16 Apr 2020 by Petar Dimitrov
March saw the global stock market crash at a scale reminiscent of the great economic crises. This was promptly felt in the structured product world with US$4.58bn worth of products put at risk.
Leonteq targets large banks in the Netherlands
Europe | Products
03 Mar 2020 by Marc Wolterink
The Swiss structured products provider is looking to expand its offering of investment solutions on all relevant asset classes to the larger financial institutions in the Netherlands.
Payoffs of 2019: reverse convertibles hold tight
International | Products
20 Dec 2019 by Dimitar Dimitrov
As we approach the end of the year, SRP looks at the most used payoffs in 2019.
Reverse convertibles: preferring fixed income
International | Products
18 Dec 2019 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
Despite losing ground to autocalls as the high yield structured product of choice, reverse convertibles retain decent market share. For the purposes of this article, reverse convertibles are defined as income seeking structured products with a fixed maturity and which are capital-at-risk through the presence of a European or American barrier.
Leonteq kicks off Christmas season with high-yield parcel
Europe | Products
26 Nov 2019 by SRP News
The Swiss structured products provider has launched two new products linked to companies benefiting from the high consumer willingness to spend during the festive season.
Range accrual payoff snags top spot in H1
International | Products
22 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
The range accrual payoff structure held the global No. 1 spot over the protected tracker notes with ‘knock-out’ and ‘worst of’ options during the first six months of this year.