Still Buffering: Options-Based Funds Gathering Traction and Critics

Thelonious Casey takes a look at a hotly contested derivative strategy known as the defined outcome fund, or more colloquially the buffer fund.

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Wilmott
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2025-10-08
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https://doi.org/10.54946/wilm.12182
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State Capitalism and Financial Governance
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Still Buffering: Options-Based Funds Gathering Traction and Critics

Tim. Casey
Wilmott
State Capitalism and Financial Governance
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Still Buffering: Options-Based Funds Gathering Traction and Critics

Tim. Casey
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Abstract

Thelonious Casey takes a look at a hotly contested derivative strategy known as the defined outcome fund, or more colloquially the buffer fund.

WilmottVol. 2025(140)
Openalex Percentile: Top 59%
State Capitalism and Financial Governance
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