Structured products, as with all markets, were hit by the Covid‑19 pandemic, which resulted in wild market swings, increased volatility and a slashing of interest rates globally. As a result of the ...

Over the years, debit valuation adjustment (DVA) has gone from being a garland to a millstone in the structured products community. DVA was initially applied to structured notes as a way to better ...

Structured notes are unrated debt instruments issued by large banks which make periodic payments that depend on the performance of an underlying asset or group of assets, such as a single stock, stock ...

AP One reason—investors asked for it. The market for structured notes is growing rapidly, but so too are the challenges for individual Advisors. More than 100 to 150 new notes are issued each week in ...

There’s an aspect of the higher interest rate structure we are now blessed/cursed with that hasn’t gotten as much airplay, but which is great news for dealer desks and also a good thing for ...

Structured notes are hybrid instruments that combine a bond component with an embedded derivative component, offering unique risk management and portfolio construction options. Structured notes are ...

An example of that might be, say, an equity position on the Taiwan market, where occasionally there are frictions with China and you can get sudden movements in that market. So we tend to integrate ...

Traditionally in the domain of institutional investors, structured products combine various assets and derivatives to create tailored risk-return profiles. With the advent of blockchain, the potential ...