The first Webinar of the new year made by Banca Akros and Certificati & derivati is now avalilable

The first webinar of 2023 organized by Certificates & Derivatives dedicated to Banca Akros issues was held on 18 January, illustrating the main characteristics of the Certificates available on the secondary market. The main focuses of this webinar were:

• select the Conditionally Capital Protected Certificates on the basis of distance from the barrier, potential return and underlying
• use the Banca Akros website to download the data relating to the products currently listed
• reduce the risk of a Conditionally Protected Capital Certificate by combining it with a Capital Protected Certificate
• build a Certificates portfolio by defining in advance the maximum bearable loss in the event of a negative scenario

It is possible to relive the speeches by Pierpaolo Scandurra, Alessandro Galli and Alberto Amiotti at the following link:

Alberto Amiotti is part of Banca Akros Institutional Sales team, where he is involved in structured investment products. He is an experienced trainer of banking networks on investment strategies and sales of financial products. He has participated, as a speaker, in many events for investors concerning investment strategies and sales of structured products.

Alessandro Galli is part of the Institutional Sales team of Banca Akros, where he is involved in structured investment products, with a particular focus on the business of Certificates issued in direct listing. After 7 years of experience in Intesa Sanpaolo where he held the role of speaker in various webinars, events, training and university courses on the topic of Certificates, he has been working in the Banks & Investment Products team of Banca Akros since May 2022.

Pierpaolo Scandurra Active on the financial markets since 1998 as an independent trader specializing in derivatives, since 2006 he has been Managing Director of Certificates and Derivatives and Editor of the Certificate Journal, the first Italian weekly magazine dedicated entirely to the universe of investment certificates.

In February 2007 he wrote the book “How to invest with certificates”, the first guide for the investor on structured products and certificates and in 2019 he collaborated in the writing of the book “Certificates in the asset allocation of private customers”.

For over 14 years he has edited the sections specialized in certificates of various paper, web financial information publications and he has been a guest on Class CNBC and LeFontiTV several times, speaker and moderator of educational events and roadshows for banks and distribution networks.

Since 2007 he has also curated the Italian Certificate Awards with Brown Editore, an event aimed at rewarding excellence in the investment certificate industry.

Recognized as the top national expert, he collaborates with ACEPI (Italian Association of Certificates and Investment Products) in the creation of the courses “Certificates: fondamenti e strategie” – “Tecniche avanzate di gestione di portafoglio con i certificates” – “I certificates nella consulenza finanziaria”, all EFPA accredited to maintain certification on various levels.

Since 2010 he has chaired the CedLAB research department, the first qualitative and quantitative analysis platform dedicated to investment certificates through which support and research services are provided to financial advice.

Banca Akros guarantees the tradability of its Certificates on the MTF Cert-X of Euro-TLX. Through its activity as a specialist, Banca Akros provides prices on an ongoing basis, making it easy to trade the Certificates. To receive further information on the characteristics and procedures for joining the offer and trading of the Akros Certificates, to consult the information material and prospectuses, or to find out about the quotations, you can visit www.bancaakros.it/certificates, call the freephone number 800.215.328 or contact your bank directly. Prices are also available on the Euro-TLX website. This document constitutes advertising material for promotional purposes, prepared by the issuer Banca Akros S.p.a. (hereinafter “Banca Akros”) for the purpose of providing certain summary information on the characteristics of the Certificates and should not be considered as an offer to the public or recommendation to invest. In this respect, reference should be made exclusively to the Base Prospectus prepared by the issuer in order to find complete and comprehensive information on the issuer itself and on the characteristics of the Certificates. Certificates are complex instruments whose market value depends on the performance of the underlying asset and could become even lower than the nominal value. The issuer’s payment of any periodic amounts due and the settlement amount is subject to credit risk and bail-in risk. From this it follows that this type of investment has risk profiles that make it unsuitable for all investors. It is therefore appropriate that the potential investor in Certificates, before proceeding with the investment, should gather all the information necessary for the correct assessment of risks and consequent suitability and appropriateness to their own profile, if necessary by contacting their broker and at the same time providing the latter with all the information it may require regarding: knowledge and experience in investment matters, financial situation, investment objectives including risk tolerance. This is intended to allow the intermediary to assess the suitability and appropriateness of the investment to the individual investor’s profile. Investment decisions in the Certificates shall be the sole responsibility of the investor and the consequences of any losses resulting from the investment in the Certificates shall be borne solely by the investor. The Certificates may only be subscribed, purchased or sold through intermediaries authorised to provide investment services. These intermediaries will be solely responsible for receiving and executing orders. The offer and sale are restricted in some states or for residents of some states. The Certificates are issued by Banca Akros, and therefore transactions carried out by Banca Akros on these instruments, as well as by other companies belonging to the Banco BPM Banking Group, constitute transactions in conflict of interest. Before signing up, read the basic prospectus and the KID (Key Information Document) carefully, which are published on the website www.bancaakros.it/certificates. The Base Prospectus is also available at the issuer’s registered office on viale Eginardo, 29 – Milan. Banca Akros guarantees the tradability of its Certificates on the MTF Cert-X of Euro-TLX. Through its activity as a specialist, Banca Akros provides prices on an ongoing basis, making it easy to trade the Certificates. To receive further information on the characteristics and procedures for joining the offer and trading of the Akros Certificates, to consult the information material and prospectuses, or to find out about the quotations, you can visit www.bancaakros.it/certificates, call the freephone number 800.215.328 or contact your bank directly. Prices are also available on the Euro-TLX website. This document constitutes advertising material for promotional purposes, prepared by the issuer Banca Akros S.p.a. (hereinafter “Banca Akros”) for the purpose of providing certain summary information on the characteristics of the Certificates and should not be considered as an offer to the public or recommendation to invest. In this respect, reference should be made exclusively to the Base Prospectus prepared by the issuer in order to find complete and comprehensive information on the issuer itself and on the characteristics of the Certificates. Certificates are complex instruments whose market value depends on the performance of the underlying asset and could become even lower than the nominal value. The issuer’s payment of any periodic amounts due and the settlement amount is subject to credit risk and bail-in risk. From this it follows that this type of investment has risk profiles that make it unsuitable for all investors. It is therefore appropriate that the potential investor in Certificates, before proceeding with the investment, should gather all the information necessary for the correct assessment of risks and consequent suitability and appropriateness to their own profile, if necessary by contacting their broker and at the same time providing the latter with all the information it may require regarding: knowledge and experience in investment matters, financial situation, investment objectives including risk tolerance. This is intended to allow the intermediary to assess the suitability and appropriateness of the investment to the individual investor’s profile. Investment decisions in the Certificates shall be the sole responsibility of the investor and the consequences of any losses resulting from the investment in the Certificates shall be borne solely by the investor. The Certificates may only be subscribed, purchased or sold through intermediaries authorised to provide investment services. These intermediaries will be solely responsible for receiving and executing orders. The offer and sale are restricted in some states or for residents of some states. The Certificates are issued by Banca Akros, and therefore transactions carried out by Banca Akros on these instruments, as well as by other companies belonging to the Banco BPM Banking Group, constitute transactions in conflict of interest. Before signing up, read the basic prospectus and the KID (Key Information Document) carefully, which are published on the website www.bancaakros.it/certificates. The Base Prospectus is also available at the issuer’s registered office on viale Eginardo, 29 – Milan.