Flow & Listed Products
A pioneer in the global warrants market (# 1 issuer worldwide)*, and an industry leader in ETFs (with a 27% market share in Europe)*, SG CIB offers an ever-expanding range of flow and listed products to meet investor needs: Convertibles, Reverse & Synthetic Convertibles, Futures, Certificates & Certificate Plus, Swaps, OTC Options, Sector Products,Variance Swaps, Turbos, Warrants, & ETFs
Flow
With over 100 flow sales professionals around the world, SG CIB is a major global player in flow products. Our expertise in flow products results in a broad range of solutions and a capacity to provide continuous service, on both the primary and secondary market. Our extensive range of products and services include:
- Plain Vanilla & Exotics Options (on more than 350 stocks and indices)
- Discounts
- Sprints Certificates & Certificate Plus
- Convertibles, Reverse Convertibles & Synthetic Convertibles
- Fixed buy/sell prices: contribution during the entirety of the product life for important sizes
- The right pricing: our prices do not depend on supply and demand, but on market parameters such as subjacent price, volatility & residual maturity
Equity Derivatives Research
A dedicated team of derivatives specialists pursue several objectives including:
- Identifying investment ideas
- Applying equity market investors' expectations to derivatives by devising strategies combining both equities and derivatives
- Interpreting market sentiment through the SX5E derivatives market
The quality of service is underpinned by: a daily report on flows and implied volatility in the principal stocks and indices; Cross Assets Weekly, a publication that looks at expectations across different asset classes; and, personalized research carried out at the request of clients.
Visit us directly at: www.volhub.com
Warrants & Certificates
# 1 in Warrants Worldwide...
SG CIB is the world's largest warrants issuer, with warrants currently listed in Paris, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, London, Madrid, Luxembourg, Milan, Zurich, Brussels, Stockholm, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Hong Kong, and Sydney.
Our worldwide product range is supported by warrant traders in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, and Sydney and by warrant marketing specialists in 14 countries. With a permanent offering of over 20 000 products covering 350 underlying assets for a 16 % market share in 2008, SG CIB is a pioneer in the global market of warrants.
Visit us directly at: www.warrants.com
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
27% Market Share in Europe...
ETFs at SG CIB are entirely controlled by our asset management subsidiary LYXOR AM. LYXOR AM is a major player in the Global ETFs market with more than 111 listed ETFs.
Lyxor ETFs are portfolio building blocks; they are passively managed index tracking funds listed on leading stock exchanges around the world. ETFs combine the liquidity benefits of exchange-listed securities and the diversification advantages of traditional mutual funds, providing valuable portfolio building blocks while meetings UCITS III regulatory standards. Highly correlated (99.99%) to the asset they track, Lyxor offers products on various stock exchanges - Euronext, Deutsche Boerse, Borsa Italiana, SWX (Swiss Exchange) & WBAG (Austrian Exchange) - and asset classes - Stocks (Eurostoxx 50, Dow Jones), Bonds (Euro MTS Global), Inflation (Euro MTS Inflation), & SWX (Swiss Exchange)- enabling investors to gain market exposure to single countries geographic regions, individual sectors, or even different asset classes.
The advantages of an index-linked fund:
- Cost Efficiency: LYXOR ETFs are a cost-effective way to achieve broad index exposure
- Transparency: the basket of stocks upon which the performance of each LYXOR ETF is based in published on Reuters, Bloomberg, & at www.lyxoretf.com
- Liquidity: designated market-makers offer real-time, two-way prices on LYXOR ETFs with tight spreads
- Dividend Payment: in contrast to futures contracts, LYXOR ETFs can pay regular dividends, just like ordinary equities
Visit us directly at: www.lyxoretf.com
* As of December 2008
LYXOR Exchange Traded Funds: Assets Under Management