Constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI)
Podcast: Jan Rosenzweig on fat tails and LDI portfolios
An optimised portfolio can look very different when extreme moves are given more weight
UK annuity providers seek inspiration from abroad
US and Scandinavia supply template for product innovation
German insurers turn to CPPI and volatility control to back new guaranteed policies
Ergo dynamic hybrid product leads new wave
Risk-managing the next generation of savings products
Risk-managing the next generation of savings products
Variable annuities offer mixed opportunities in Asia
Variable outlook
Structured products house of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk awards 2012
Hedge fund derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Structured credit landscape revives the basics
Credit goes back to basics
The encroachment of Solvency II
The encroachment of Solvency II
Technology vendor rankings 2011: The results
Technology triumphs
Suspicious minds
While Canada has been far from immune to market woes, one saving grace was the absence of Lehman Brothers-backed product among retail clients. Now the future lies in scrupulous attention to sales processes, the rise of exchange-traded funds and lessons…
Rays of hope
The turbulent conditions that have characterised the past two years have taken their toll on the Australian structured products market. But lessons regarding diversification and capital protection could offer a chink of light to investors. Wietske Blees…
Rays of hope
Structured products
Gap trade interest could salvage dealer risk recycling channel
Renewed interest in gap risk trades might resurrect the defunct trading channel previously used by structured products issuers as a means to recycle unwanted gap risk, say dealers.
Looking up down under
Omniwealth
The yield extractor
Fundior
A structure out of all proportion?
Volatile markets have reignited the debate about the validity of constant proportion portfolio insurance, leaving investors cashed-out and locked in. Structurers are coming up with new ways to tackle the structure's weaknesses, but could bond and option…
Reaping the dividends
Credit Suisse is offering a five-year CPPI product, based on a pick of Australian stocks and offering semi-annual income based on dividend yields