Structured Products

HSBC's globally coordinated officers throughout the world provide clients with easy access to international derivative markets. Our structured products capabilities are offered to help clients minimise capital raising costs, hedge or diversify market exposures, customise investment returns, access international markets, and manage credit exposure. HSBC trades derivatives in all G7 currencies as well as Asian and emerging markets currencies (onshore and offshore). These include forwards (deliverable, non-deliverable), FX options, currency swaps and customised structures.

We offer full-service derivatives capabilities integrated across the seven main risk classes - interest rate, credit, equities, funds of funds of funds, hedge funds, mutual funds and managed funds - on underlying markets around the world. Our highly qualified and experienced team focuses on the derivatives needs of governments, supranationals, central banks, international and local corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, financial institutions, private and individual investors.

With USD1.7 trillion of assets, HSBC has the ability to commit balance sheet and capital to its trading partners. Transactions are backed by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. in the U. S. with long term/senior ratings of Aa2 by Moody's, AA- by S&P, and AA by Fitch (February 2005), HSBC Bank plc (Aa2/AA-/AA) in Europe, and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (Aa3/AA-) in Asia.

HSBC is a leading house, trading all 15 active Asian domestic local currency debt markets as well as Asian credits denominated in G7 currencies.

HSBC firmly believes in the importance of helping clients deepen their understanding of the prudent and effective use of derivatives. The firm has established the HSBC Financial Products Institute which provides training on derivatives and risk management subjects. The Institute offers an extensive training program, provides educational derivatives software, as well as published books and articles. Our aim is to partner with clients in developing and advancing the knowledge base needed to benefit from the usage of derivatives.

Products for hedging strategies:

Call options
Put options
Collar
Leverage forwards
Participating forwards
Seagull
Capped forward
Break forward
Range forward
Tracker forward
Pivot forward
Flexible forward
Forward extra
Forward extra plus

Products for Investment strategies

Dual currency deposits

Structured notes: for investment above USD 1 mio

Range Binary note: Double no touch note
Wedding cake note:
Range Accrual note

Cost reduction strategies

Interest rate products

Interest rate swaps
Interest rate options
Swaptions

To know more about our Derivative products, please contact:

Patrick Ah-Vee
Head of Global Markets
Telephone: (230) 403 8355
Email: pav@hsbc.co.mu

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