By now, most Swiss wealth managers will have received offers on so called โOutperformance...
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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.
The 60/40 Portfolio and Structured Products: Are Autocallables Equity or Bond?
Investors have piled up on equity autocallables in the past...
The Risks of the Vol KO Put
Recently we have looked at the benefit of the Vol KO put for the investors. They indeed provide a...
Volatility KnockOut Puts : Pay For The Way The Market Is (Not) Moving
We wrote recently about the temptation of the 3-month 95% put on SPX, that rarely pays out....
The Temptation of the 95% Strike Put
Investors are always reluctant to buy puts to protect their portfolio. Indeed, the market โusually...
Are Best Of Puts The Worst Hedges ?
Investors do no like to lose money when the market is correcting. Nevertheless, they do not like...
VXX Is Closed And That Is Good News
Last week, Barclays announced that it has stopped the sales and new issuance of its Exchange...
The Barrier Reverse Convertible
The Barrier Reverse convertible is one of the simplest and oldest form of a yield enhancement...
The Reverse Convertible
The Reverse convertible is the simplest and oldest form of a yield enhancement structured product....
Markets
2024 Judgement year for Korean Autocalls and the $5billion HSCEI digital.
South Korea is an extremely large market for structured products. A favourite product is the autocall on the worst of...
South-Korean retail investors are losing money on Autocallables
... a reminder that potential risks can become a reality. According toย The Korea Times, South Korea's Financial...
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Is accumulating post-nominal letters a sign of a competence? or a promise for future underperformance ? Regarding...
Derivates
Structured Products = Alternative Investments ?
Asset managers tend to classify structured products as โalternativesโ. That is rather a classification by default than...
Is Optimising Structured Products Really Optimal ?
Banks and independent software companies offer optimisers / optimizers for structured products It is quite standard...
What To Expect From VIX1D, The New One-Day VIX?
This week, another VIX was launched by CBOE: the VIX1D. it is meant to measure the 1-day volatility of...