Better Business: Covered call strategies

Fund rules allow many managers to use derivatives in their portfolios and a number are using these rules to provide enhanced income for their investors. Simon Gergel, UK equity income specialist at Allianz Global Investors, explains how a covered call overwriting strategy operates. Last year a number of fund groups came together to provide educational material for intermediaries to use within their own businesses and with their end clients. The result is a library of video content, complied for the end consumer, which can be downloaded and put on to individual intermediary websites. ...