Structured products
WHAT IS THIS? Structured products are investments that have multiple components. For retail investors, the most common form is a bond plus an option – these tend to be standardised, sold in small tickets and large volumes. Managing the risks of large structured products portfolios is one of the biggest challenges dealers face.
Natixis's VAR returns to earth after sale of autocallables
Average value-at-risk falls 35% from Q4 2018 high
Three firms plan to start issuing Hong Kong warrants
Morgan Stanley, Citi and Guotai aim to grab a share of fast-growing market
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Autocall concentration weighs on dealers
Hedging headaches force issuers to seek new structured product blockbusters
SG offers won hedged indexes for Korean autocall clients
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Autocall dealers wary of Nikkei volatility surge
Dealers caught in danger zone as losses lurk on upside and downside spikes
Structured product holdings fall at big US dealers
Morgan Stanley's portfolio more than halves in 2018 to $401 million
Natixis said to offload a third of Korean structured book
BAML and BNP Paribas named as buyers in $2.5 billion notional sale of equity-linked securities
‘Imperfect hedge’ magnified equities slump at BNPP
US index loss, dislocations and weak demand produce worst equity trading results in a decade
Calling out autocallable pricing
Quants show popular autocallable pricing technique has a flaw that has been ignored until now
Natixis sales exec leaves bank following €260 million hit
Nicolas Reille tried to bring his entrepreneurial spirit to the Asian equity derivatives market
Eurostoxx dislocations signal autocall hedging pain
Swings in dividends and volatility reveal year-end stress as European index slump tests “peak vega”
Nomura plans more hires in equity derivatives, eyes China
Unit head also sees potential in Hong Kong listed market and in demand for bespoke products
Asia moves: Nomura boosts Asia ex-Japan, Bank of America picks two Apac co-heads, and more
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China sees slowdown in structured deposit volumes
Easing of restrictions on wealth management products tips market away from structured deposits
Natixis’s €260m hit blamed on big books and Kospi3 product
Rivals say French dealer grew business too quickly – with leveraged version of Korean index one source of pain
Industry lukewarm on proposed ‘quick fixes’ to Priips rules
Many fear performance scenarios will remain misleading and expose providers to mis-selling claims
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Risk Awards 2019: Bank heeds lessons of past structured products routs to navigate February volatility
CLO scare: could rated tranches see losses?
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