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Equally weighted indices

Equally weighted indices are an increasingly popular alternative to traditional market capitalisation indices and are an example of smart...
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Celebrating the Dow Jones Industrial Average

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of the most well-known financial indices and this year is celebrating 125 years as it...
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The importance of independent valuations

Structured products offer investors clearly stated target capital or income returns with a specified degree of capital protection,...
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Facing fear with the VIX

The VIX index is a measure of implied volatility of the S&P-500 index. It was first created in 1993 and uses liquid exchange...
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Green bonds in structured products

One good definition of a structured product is as a combination of a bond and a derivative element linked to the performance of an...
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Index survey part 2 - Next Generation

The use of indices as underlyings in structured products forms the most popular group of assets because of the wide choice that exists...
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Index survey part 1 - Traditional

Structured products provide a broad range of investment opportunities used by investors around the world looking for precise exposure,...
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Unpicking ESMA's market analysis

In April 2021 the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its annual statistical report on the performance and...
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Navigating structured products in France

An in-depth look at any financial market over 2020 would undoubtably produce some interesting analysis. When looking back on volatile...
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MPT: going non linear

The importance of diversification in portfolio construction has been well known for many decades and was first formulated in the...
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