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Artificial Intelligence, investing and structured products

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a topic that has been dominating commentator, press and investor attention for some time. We will...
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Falling underlyings

Structured products provide risk-controlled investor solutions offering a blend of yield, returns and protection. The product payoff...
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Return of gold in structured products

Gold has always been an important underlying in the investment universe with its status as a safe haven in times of turmoil. The...
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Flip-flop products

The recent rise in interest rates has fundamentally changed the retail structured products market. The main effect that has been seen...
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Commoditising volatility with the VIX family

Structurers and traders at investment banks involved in structured products are constantly assessing pricing and risk management as...
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Strategy and custom indices

The use of strategy and custom indices has had a long and rich history within retail structured products markets for many years....
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Enhancing structured product analysis

The US structured product market has seen very strong growth in recent years. This is primarily a result of compelling defined risk...
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Opportunities in volatility

In the early stages of the COVID pandemic in 2020 there was significant economic turmoil and a stockmarket crash. In the three years...
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Derivative hedging techniques examined

When a structured product is brought to market it needs an investment bank to hedge it and to pay out the contracted returns to the...
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The SEC ramps up conduct expectations for Broker-Dealers

In April 2023 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Staff Bulletin entitled “Standards of Conduct for...
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