Derivatives Build-Outs

Expand Your Portfolio with Turnkey Derivatives Desk Solutions

Stay ahead of market volatility with our expertly crafted derivatives desk buildout services.
We design, execute, and optimize derivatives strategies tailored to your investment goals, acting as your dedicated team to deliver results while leveraging our extensive network for seamless execution.

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Process Overview

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Discovery & Needs Analysis

We start by understanding your unique requirements, analyzing your portfolio, market exposure, and goals to identify gaps and opportunities for implementing effective derivatives strategies.

Strategic Design

Our team creates a comprehensive blueprint for your derivatives desk. This includes portfolio structuring, trade strategy development, and crafting solutions to maximize efficiency and performance.

Seamless Execution with Expert Support

As your derivatives team, we execute trades on your behalf, leveraging our expertise and relationships to ensure your desk is set up with the best service providers, from clearinghouses to brokers. We handle every operational detail, so you don’t have to.

Continuous Optimization

Derivatives trading requires precision and adaptability. We actively monitor performance, refine strategies, and adjust structures to align with changing market conditions and your evolving objectives.

Results

Case Studies

Case Study 1

Maximizing Returns with Strategic Convexity

Challenge:

A mid-sized fund lacked the resources to implement effective convexity strategies, missing opportunities in both bullish and bearish markets.

Solution:

We designed and executed a tailored options strategy, incorporating call spreads and protective puts to enhance upside while minimizing downside risk.

Result:

The fund achieved a 15% improvement in upside capture and a 10% reduction in downside exposure, delivering smoother and more predictable performance for investors.

Case Study 2

Building a Robust Derivatives Framework for a $500M Crypto Fund

Challenge:

A $500M crypto fund needed expertise in managing risk during volatile market conditions. They lacked tight trading agreements to protect their capital during extreme market moves and needed access to competitive pricing across multiple counterparties. Additionally, they required guidance in structuring efficient trades tailored to their strategy.

Solution:

We acted as their derivatives team, helping them:

Structure robust ISDAs with key counterparties to safeguard their capital during significant market events.
Leverage our extensive network to onboard additional trading relationships, ensuring they received the best prices and execution terms.
Design and execute the most efficient trades aligned with their specific requirements and investment objectives.

Result:

The fund achieved enhanced protection during large market moves, secured better pricing through expanded trading relationships, and optimized their trading strategies for greater cost efficiency and improved performance.