Julius Baer set to structure and trade funds

Julius Baer has established a separate product structuring and hedge fund trading division, based in Zurich, to provide structuring and legal services for fund managers, as well as daily liquidity on all the firm's own hedge funds. Yoshiki Ohmura, head of the four-member Alternative Risk Trading (ART) division, said ART would complement Julius Baer's private banking and asset management divisions. The division will provide structured products around hedge funds, from protected products using CPPI, CPPI with options, and pure option-based structures, to leveraged products and coupon-paying...