Structured product
Definition · Level 10 · Derivatives pricing
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A bank-issued note or listed certificate that packages a bond with options to deliver a set payoff: capital protection, a high coupon or leveraged upside. To price one, split it into its zero-coupon bond and its options; the investor also carries the issuer’s credit risk.
Example
A 5-year note repaying 100% plus 70% of the index rise = a zero-coupon bond + index calls.
Where Tradecraft teaches it
Level 10 · Derivatives pricing, in the lesson “Structured products: guaranteed notes, reverse convertibles, autocalls”: Decompose every note into bond + options, and say who is long what.
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