The Global Equities Division at Bear Stearns provides both clients and the firm with a comprehensive global capability in derivatives and structured transactions.

Bear Stearns' clients have access to a global team of over 100 professionals based in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo who specialize in structuring, trading and selling both

The team is also known for its innovative thinking and works closely with clients to meet individual business objectives. A wide range of clients are covered by the department, including:

  • Asset managers and money managers
  • Corporations
  • Hedge funds
  • High net-worth individuals and families
  • Insurance companies

  • Large money center banks, financial institutions and regional banks
  • Pension funds, endowments and foundations
  • Private equity and venture capital firms
Bear Stearns' clients have access to a global team of over 100 specialists based in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Structured Equity Product Offerings
Flow products that actively trade on a daily basis include:

  • ETFs
  • Listed options
Structured products designed and customized to meet specific client needs include:

  • Over-the-counter products, including vanilla and exotic options, swaps, variance swaps, correlation swaps, point swaps and structured products
  • Structured investment products such as notes linked to equity indices and stocks with or without principal protection
  • Targeted alternative investment product offerings linked to hedge funds and funds of funds

Significant applications for investors include:

  • Customized products for principal-protected, equity-based exposure
  • Efficient hedging of equity-related exposure on large concentrated or restricted positions
  • Equitizing cash through ETFs or swaps to reduce cash drag on portfolio returns
  • Leveraged exposure to equities, indices and customized baskets
  • Overlay strategies for enhanced "alpha" performance
  • Principal-protected or leveraged exposure to alternative investments
  • Trading exposure management through innovative new products
  • Yield enhancement, using call overwriting strategies and structured equity exposure