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Is accumulating post-nominal letters a sign of a competence? or a promise for future underperformance ? Regarding people, I cannot answer.Regarding Equity Indicesโ€ฆ letโ€™s take

Derivatives Theory and Practise
Structured Products = Alternative Investments ?

Asset managers tend to classify structured products as โ€œalternativesโ€. That is rather a classification by default than the consequence of any analysis. They have cash,

Derivatives Theory and Practise
Is Optimising Structured Products Really Optimal ?

Banks and independent software companies offer optimisers / optimizers for structured products It is quite standard now for banks and software providers to offer an

Products
Structured Product Blues

Yield enhancement products have been the market favourite for years The most actively traded retail structured products for decades have been yield enhancement products (autocallables,

Products
Decrement Indices: You Are Warned!

The Central Bank of Ireland reiterates its warning on decrement indices In a letter sent to finance professionals in March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland reiterated

Products
European Barrier Or American Barrier ?

When investing into a Barrier Reverse Convertible or Autocallables, there are two schools for the choice of the barrier: The European (or Final) barrier school