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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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Deep Barriers

Structured products traditionally divide into capital protected and capital at risk offerings. The key difference between these two...
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Leveraged and inverse indices

The universe of underlyings available to institutional and retail investors is ever growing. This has been driven by greater market...
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The return of issuer credit risk

The years that followed the Lehmann bankruptcy in 2008 became known as the global financial crisis such was the profound effect that...
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Altiplano, Himalaya and Podium payoffs

Structured products have played an important role in providing income and protected solutions for investors for many decades. Three...
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Buying on the market dip

The last three years have seen persistent volatility in equity markets worldwide. As investors try to digest and cope with the...
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Index or Basket?

Many retail structured products are linked to a single equity index for direct exposure to a country, region or sector. Products...
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Market timing with the Lookback

The lookback construction is one of the longest standing concepts in structured products. It has a rich history and is still in use...
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Inflation and structured products

Inflationary pressures dominated the world economy in the 1970s. This was caused primarily by the sudden rise in oil prices and global...
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Barriers in structured products

The use of barriers in structured products is very common and has been established as the main way of reducing risk. Barriers can be...
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