South Korea is an extremely large market for structured products. A favourite product is the...
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Reverse Convertible, Barrier Reverse Convertible, Autocallable, Credit Linked Note, Floored Floaters, Bonus certificate, Capital protected notes are the most usual structured products.Here you will findย a description of each of them.
South-Korean retail investors are losing money on Autocallables
... a reminder that potential risks can become a reality. According toย The Korea Times, South...
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Is accumulating post-nominal letters a sign of a competence? or a promise for future...
Structured Products = Alternative Investments ?
Asset managers tend to classify structured products as โalternativesโ. That is rather a...
Is Optimising Structured Products Really Optimal ?
Banks and independent software companies offer optimisers / optimizers for structured products It...
Structured Product Blues
Yield enhancement products have been the market favourite for years The most actively traded...
Decrement Indices: You Are Warned!
The Central Bank of Ireland reiterates its warning on decrement indices In a letter sent to...
Nestlรฉ, Roche, Novartis : Swiss curse or Swiss blessing?
Being a structurer is a great job: it means coming with payoffs or themes that make sense, that...
The VKO Puts Makes Citi Equity Derivatives House Of The Year 2022
๐ย Citiย has been named Equity Derivatives House of the year 2023 byย Risk.netย . In...
European Barrier Or American Barrier ?
When investing into a Barrier Reverse Convertible or Autocallables, there are two schools for the...
Markets
EQUITY EXOTIC RISKS SERIES : DISPERSION
A single-stock exotic trader who sells structured products is essentially in the business of buying puts and worst-of...
๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ: ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ
As almost every structured product issued globally is bullish, the flow from retail investors is essentially "long...
US Presidential Election, VIX and OPTION MARKET
ย On Monday, October 7, the ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ท๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐, seemingly without cause. However, the reason is purely 'technical':...
Derivates
EQUITY EXOTIC RISKS SERIES : DISPERSION
A single-stock exotic trader who sells structured products is essentially in the business of buying puts and worst-of...
๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ: ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐
The life of an exotic trader often involves selling cheap calls and buying expensive puts. A strategy to make the put...
๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ: ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ
As almost every structured product issued globally is bullish, the flow from retail investors is essentially "long...