Our Equities Division
Our Equity Derivatives team comprises product experts who assist institutional and high net worth clients in meeting their financial goals. The business leverages our Sales, Trading and award-winning Research professionals to form a global team focused exclusively on each client. Using our proprietary tools and technology, we deliver superior execution for our diverse client base.
Equity Derivatives group includes the following core areas:
Structured Volatility- The Structured Volatility team provides tailored solutions to institutional and retail clients. These transactions tend to be highly complex with a specific risk/return profile for the client, and involving a mix of fixed income and equity components.
- Flow Volatility
- The Flow Volatility team deals mainly with listed options, facilitating client trades and developing trading strategies based on volatility surfaces and market conditions.
- Product Development
- The Product Development group focuses on developing new products that provide innovative solutions to help clients meet their financial goals. The team works closely with the Derivative sales force to analyze client requests, develop optimal solutions and provide indicative pricing.
- Quantitative Analytics
- The Quantitative Analytics team provides models for pricing and hedging derivative trades and works closely with the trading team to assist them with complex structures. Computer programming is an integral part of a quantitative analyst's job, as the models are delivered in code for integration into trading systems.
- Equity Solutions
- The Equity Solutions group structures and executes sophisticated equity risk management (derivatives) solutions for corporate clients. Typical transactions include hedging third-party equity positions, share repurchase enhancements, structured security monetization, convertible enhancements and convertible liability management.