Daily Leveraged Certificates or DLCs are a form of structured financial instruments issued by banks and traded on the securities market. DLCs offer investors a fixed leverage of 3 to 7 times of the daily performance of the underlying index, be it a rising or falling market.
The basic principle is simple – if the FTSE Straits Times Index (STI) moves by 1% from its closing price of the previous trading day, the value of the 3x STI DLC will move by 3%. DLCs seek to achieve short-term investment results that correspond to the daily magnified performance of the underlying benchmarks and need to be actively monitored on a daily basis.
DLCs have a finite lifespan and cease to exist on expiry date. At the expiry the final exercised value of the DLC is calculated and automatically paid to investors.
This product allows investors to gain fixed leveraged exposure to developed Asian market indices. This comes without the features impacting pricing for options such as implied volatility, time decay or margin calls.
Product Information Page
- SGX DLC information page: sgx.com/dlc
- SG DLC information page: dlc.socgen.com