A sting in the tail: Finding ways to insure against tail risk

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Andrew Short takes a look at tactics for dealing with tail risk and considers the emergence of dedicated tail risk products

The equity markets have been characterised by their volatility in recent years. The relatively benign markets of much of the 80s and 90s became decidedly more jittery with the Asian crisis and Russ...

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