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Switzerland’s first-ever financial fair for structured products, which was jointly organised by Scoach Switzerland Ltd. and the Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA), was a resounding success. On 17-18 October 2007, more than 4,500 institutional and private investors gained a comprehensive overview of the broad range of structured products, the latest trends, and innovations in the marketplace.
In 2006, structured products recorded the highest growth rate of all securities categories in Switzerland, and that growth has also persisted so far this year. Parallel to the surging demand for structured products, the need for information and product roadmaps has also increased. “We wanted to take those needs into account by organising a financial fair focused solely on structured products“, noted Marc Zahn, CEO of Scoach.
On both days of the fair, investors had the opportunity to get a first-hand, comprehensive grasp of structured products from 38 exhibitors in an exhibition area that covered more than 1100m2. In tandem with the fair itself, there were numerous exhibitor presentations and seminars, as well as educational lectures on how to get a better sense of the functional mechanisms of structured products function and how they can be used. The educational lectures were sponsored by the organizers, and were met with the same enthusiasm as the two midday roundtable discussions and speeches by luminaries such as Dr. Reto Francioni, Jim Rogers and Dr. Konrad Hummler.
“The success of this first financial fair for structured products reinforces our conviction to pursue the SSPA’s path of providing comprehensive information and clarification in terms of what structured financial products are all about“, stated Roger Studer, President of the SSPA.
For next year, Scoach Switzerland Ltd. and the Swiss Structured Products Association are already planning to organise another fair. The 2008 financial fair for structured products will take place on 22-23 October 2008, once again in Zurich’s Kongresshaus.
