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The Valuation of Structured Products: Empirical Findings for the Swiss Market

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  • Andreas Grünbichler
  • Hanspeter Wohlwend

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This article analyses the valuation of 192 structured products without a capital guarantee. In contrast to similar studies, this investigation takes in both the primary and the secondary market. Its central element is a comparison of the implied volatilities of the options contained in the structured products with those of comparable EUREX options. Generally speaking, the results may well come as a surprise both concerning the scale of the phenomenon detected and its significance. Taken as a whole, the results provide grounds for assuming that certain inefficiencies exist on the Swiss market for structured products and that lead managers manage to exploit their quasi-monopolistic position in a rational manner. Copyright Swiss Society for Financial Market Research 2005

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  • Andreas Grünbichler & Hanspeter Wohlwend, 2005. "The Valuation of Structured Products: Empirical Findings for the Swiss Market," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Springer;Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, vol. 19(4), pages 361-380, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:fmktpm:v:19:y:2005:i:4:p:361-380
    DOI: 10.1007/s11408-005-6457-3
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