Most investors like convexity, i.e. an increasing market exposure when the market goes up and a decreasing market exposure when the market goes down. We believe that for most investors this is much more important than “beating the index”. Structuring risk-return profiles is about combining wealth preservation in bad times and wealth aggregation in good times. There are multiple derivatives and portfolio hedging strategies that can achieve this. In contrast, we try to avoid any “bells and whistles” derivatives which have as main aim to create nice optics but usually deliver very disappointing returns.

Our fund platform is based on powerful risk management software that allows us to provide clients with a unique combination of wrapping and risk management skills. We employ experienced traders to bring in the necessary practical knowledge to manage any risk profile.

Our employees have a substantial background in structuring and trading derivatives and can help you with any pricing, portfolio and strategies issues. We provide a sophisticated risk management and reporting framework for funds or discretionary portfolios investing in derivatives. Because of our strategic positioning of not running any derivatives hedging books ourselves, we avoid any conflict of interest. To the contrary our buy-side focus allows us to focus on securing the most competitive pricing quotes across the market.

Our clients demand tailored solutions which exhibit risk profiles that match their specific preferences. Examples of this are premium sales programmes (to sell stock at a premium with an attractive risk profile) or discount purchase programmes (to acquire stock at a discount with an attractive risk profile), derivative transactions on illiquid stocks and special situations that demand a high degree of discretion.