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Luma Honored with Prestigious SRP Americas 2023 ‘Best Multi-Issuer Platform’ Award
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Nasdaq Trade Talks: Why It’s Important to Differentiate Cap-Alts From the Broader Alternatives Universe
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Using technology to drive better access to capital market alternatives
Posted on Jul 06, 2023
Using technology to drive better access to capital market alternatives
When most people think about structured products within the capital market alternatives space, they tend to think about those linked to equities. Capital market alternatives, or Cap-Alts, are investment strategies or asset classes that provide investors with exposure to non-traditional pay-off opportunities. As one of the first solutions of the kind, structured products were...
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A Conversation with Luma’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Tara York, and Director of Annuity Products, Jay Charles
Tara York: We saw economic factors such as interest rates and market volatility impact annuity sales in 2022. Do you anticipate this trend to continue throughout the remainder of 2023? Jay Charles: 2022 was an incredible year for annuities. We saw sales hit record levels, especially among the fixed products as a result of...
Luma Financial Technologies adds BNP Paribas to platform
June 13, 2023 – Luma Financial Technologies, the independent, multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform, has announced today that BNP...
Luma Financial Technologies and SpiderRock Advisors Partner to Offer Structured Note Replication Strategies
CINCINNATI, OH, and CHICAGO, June 6, 2023 – Luma Financial Technologies (“Luma”), an award-winning global independent alternative investment platform, and SpiderRock Advisors (“SpiderRock”), a leading provider of customized options strategies in the U.S. wealth market, today announced a partnership to provide advisors with direct access to structured note replication strategies via...
Q&A with Luma’s Director of Investment Solutions, Brady Beals
As Luma’s Director of Investment Solutions, you’ve had many conversations with advisors looking to incorporate alternatives such as structured...
Q&A with Luma’s Chief Technology Officer, Arun Kumar
As Luma’s Chief Technology Officer, you lead the development and engineering of a global platform that simplifies alternative investments for financial professionals. What do you love most about what you do? Luma as an organization possesses the capability to move faster and further than some of the largest firms within our industry. It brings...
How Technology Can Help Advisors Adapt to the Consumer Duty
In July 2021, the Consumer Duty report was put forward by the UK Financial Conduct Authority with the express purpose of increasing the protection given to customers who use companies that either distribute or manufacture products or services, including financial management firms. The report sets forth several proposals that businesses in these industries should...
Lifecycle Manager Maximizes Efficiency When Transacting Alternative Investments
Time is money. It’s a saying we’ve all heard many times. Largely, in part, because it’s true; now more than ever before. The speed at which information...
Bringing Customization and Transparency to Structured Products
Luma’s superior technology makes customization and transparency a critical measure in structured product solutions. Technology is revolutionizing the way financial advisors across the world are discovering, comparing, creating, purchasing, managing, and tracking structured notes to grow their book of business. As the capabilities of fintech platforms open up a new world of possibilities to...
How Structured Products Provide Indirect Access to an Underlying Asset
If you’ve been looking to promote portfolio diversity and have been curious about exploring the possibilities offered by the relatively obscure investment branch known as alternatives, you’re not alone. While many of them, especially structured products (which we’ll focus on here), may seem complex and can deter the casual investor, the reality is that...