DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF CAPPED BONUS AND CAPPED TWIN-WIN CERTIFICATES

The paper analyses the innovative financial products − capped bonus certificate and special type of this certificate called capped twin-win certificate. An analysis of the certificates’ creation through the combination of traditional financial instrument and derivative products, especially vanilla and/or exotic options, is provided. Formulas for their pricing are presented as well. Performed analysis is robust to different underlying stocks without the cash dividends. Based upon theoretical pricing models are designed 80 certificates of both types on the Google stock with various parameters. The conditions under which the issuers earn a profit in the primary market and the profitability for the investor at the maturity date are identified in the paper, too.