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EXITSWINGLEVERAGECARRYFRAUDNO RECOURSEBARRIEREXPERTISE
  • Distressed debt 63 Extreme Closed to individuals and won in courtrooms rather than markets: the outer edge of both the barrier and expertise axes.
  • Weather derivatives 56 Tough A specialist hedging tool with almost no retail footprint: built for corporate treasuries, not traders.
  Distressed debt Weather derivatives
Exit difficulty 4 4
Volatility 5 4
Leverage 2 2
Carry cost 2 2
Fraud risk 2 1
Protection gap 3 3
Barrier to entry 5 5
Expertise needed 5 5
Difficulty 63 Extreme 56 Tough
In a sentence Buying other people’s bad debts at a discount, either to restructure the borrower or to collect more than you paid.Contracts that pay out based on temperature, rainfall or wind, letting businesses hedge the one variable nobody controls.
Unit Portfolio, or an individual claim Heating or cooling degree days; millimetres of rain
Smallest realistic trade Institutional; portfolios typically sold in bulk Institutional and corporate
Settlement Negotiated sale and purchase agreement Cash, against published meteorological data

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