9/23 to 9/24

Structured Products 2008

CAIA members receive a 20% discount off conference registration costs

The last decade has witnessed a very serious growth in the structured products market. This success is explained by high level of interest from both institutional and private investors to products simultaneously offering either entire or partial capital protection and yields that by far outperform the markets. This trend will likely continue this year with regard to current market conditions.

Tailor-made products can be structured to answer any kind of clients' demand. Our conference will focus on the current trends and themes, and on the future evolution of the structured products world in terms of markets, underlyings, timing, and integration of products in a portfolio.

While an unlimited offer of products can be marketed, issuers are dealing with a "difficult to hedge" exposure on structured products. This 2-day event will also cover last techniques of managing the exposure to correlation products, volatility products and other complex structures.

Among the topics that will be closely approached by top-level know-how speakers and panellists are:

• The latest innovations in this booming industry: 
  • Innovations in indexing : gaining exposure to new underlyings and custom indices
  • Volatility and Correlation as an underlying
  • Structured products linked to alternative investments : Hedge Funds, and Commodities and Private Equity
  • Portable alpha structures
  • Synthetic dynamic underlyings
  • Emerging markets underlyings
  • Importance of timing, correlation and volatility
  • Shariah compliant structured products : innovations, compliance and regulatory issues

• Actively managed structured products and portfolio management

• Regulations affecting structured products business (MIFID, UCITS III, and local regulations)

• Managing the exposure to structured products by issuers

• Selling structured products to institutional clientele

• Structured products in wealth management : Portfolio management; UNHW clientele and Family Offices

• Tax treatment of structured products

Event Organizer: Financial Events International

Location: Geneva