Structured Products

In today’s evolving financial landscape, customized investment solutions are key to navigating market complexities while optimizing returns. Our Structured Products Division (SPD) specializes in delivering tailored, innovative strategies that align with diverse investor needs.
Through bespoke structuring, we utilize derivatives, credit-linked instruments, and alternative financial tools to craft solutions that perform across various market conditions. Whether enhancing yield, managing volatility, or optimizing risk exposure, our structured products provide precision, flexibility, and strategic advantage.

Our Bespoke Offerings

Linked Notes are bespoke debt instruments designed to provide investors with exposure to the performance of an underlying asset. By combining customized structuring with market-driven insights, these notes offer unique opportunities for enhanced returns while managing risk effectively.

Our Structured Products Division (SPD) structures Credit-Linked Notes (CLNs) and Equity-Linked Notes (ELNs) to cater to varying investment strategies.

  • Credit-linked Note: Fixed-income securities where returns are linked to the credit performance of a reference entity. CLNs allow investors to gain exposure to credit markets while managing risk and enhancing yield.
  • Equity-Linked Note: Structured notes whose payouts are tied to the performance of a specific stock, basket of stocks, or equity index. ELNs provide investors with potential capital appreciation while incorporating protective features to mitigate downside risk.

SPD structures Total Return Notes (TRNs) as bespoke, foreign currency-denominated fixed-income instruments linked to high-quality Eurobonds. Designed to enhance yield and optimize portfolio diversification, TRNs provide investors with strategic exposure to global credit markets.

By leveraging carefully selected Eurobonds, our structured TRNs offer:

  • Stable fixed income returns with enhanced yield potential.
  • Access to global credit markets through foreign currency-denominated securities.
  • Customized structuring to align with investor objectives and risk preferences.
 

With TRNs, investors can achieve a balanced approach to income generation and capital appreciation, backed by a structured, risk-managed framework.

SPD structures Secured Notes as bespoke, asset-backed fixed-income instruments, providing investors with enhanced security and stable returns. These notes are backed by high-quality collateral, ensuring a structured approach to risk management and capital preservation.

We provide bespoke hedging solutions designed to safeguard investments against market volatility. Our cost-effective risk management strategies cover a diverse range of asset classes, including commodities, fixed income (interest rates), and equities. Through customized structuring, we help clients mitigate risks while optimizing portfolio performance in all market conditions.

Our Total Return Swap Notes allow investors to efficiently transfer credit and market risk on an underlying asset. In a TRS, the structured products desk structures tailored TRS solutions that enable strategic portfolio positioning and yield optimization.

We offer carry trade solutions designed to capitalize on interest rate differentials across currencies.

Our derivatives trading solutions offer clients strategic exposure to global markets, spanning equities, commodities, and indices. By leveraging customised derivative structures, SPD enables investors to manage risk effectively, capitalise on market movements, and optimise portfolio returns across diverse asset classes.

Our Forward Funded Treasury Note provides investors with dual-currency exposure, allowing them to invest in NGN while receiving returns and principal in USD. Designed with extendable tenors, this structure enhances currency diversification and liquidity management, offering a seamless way to optimize investment returns across multiple markets.

Our Sharia-compliant investment solutions are designed for clients seeking to align their portfolios with the principles of Islamic finance. Structured to adhere to Sharia law, these investments avoid interest-based transactions and focus on ethical, asset-backed opportunities, ensuring compliance while delivering sustainable returns.
Our Cross-Currency Swap solutions enable investors to efficiently manage currency risk and interest rate exposure across different markets. This structured instrument allows for the exchange of principal and interest payments in one currency for another, helping clients hedge against foreign exchange fluctuations while optimizing funding costs and liquidity management.
Our Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swap solution allows investors to exchange principal and interest payments in different currencies while managing interest rate risk effectively. This structure enables clients to hedge against currency fluctuations and take advantage of favorable interest rate differentials, optimizing financing costs and enhancing global investment strategies.

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