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Les OPCVM garantis : quels en sont les principes de fonctionnement et quels risques font-ils peser sur le marché ?

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  • Véronique Leroux

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[eng] Guaranteed mutual funds : what are their operating principles and what are the risks incurred by the market ? . Ever since their beginning in France in the late 80's, guaranteed products have continued to grow meeting many investors' security needs.. A second generation of « more exotic » products has followed after the first generation of guaranteed products, which offered subscribers a simple indexation to CAC 40's index performance between two given dates. Such new products had two objectives : to face decreasing interest rates which made guaranteed mutual funds commercially less attractive and to make their performance less dependent on their maturity dates.. After having explained the characteristics of guaranteed products and described new trends, we shall analyse the risks to which stock markets may be exposed to on account of these mutual funds.. Can they aggravate market unbalances in the event of a crisis or, on the contrary, is their impact only marginal ? . While guaranteed products necessarily increase market volatility, since market players amplify both upward and downward movements to hedge themselves, we consider this a minor effect when compared to the advantages they provide. [fre] Depuis leur apparition en France à la fin des années 1980, les produits garantis n'ont cessé de se développer, satisfaisant le besoin de sécurité de bon nombre d'investisseurs.. À la première génération de produits garantis offrant aux souscripteurs une indexation simple à la performance du CAC 40 entre deux dates, a succédé une deuxième génération de produits plus « exotiques ». Ils avaient deux objectifs : faire face à la baisse des taux qui rendait ces OPCVM garantis moins attractifs d'un point de vue commercial d'une part et rendre la performance moins dépendante de la date d'échéance d'autre part.. Après avoir expliqué le fonctionnement des produits garantis et décrit les tendances récentes, nous analyserons les risques que ces OPCVM font peser sur l'évolution du marché boursier. Peuvent-ils accentuer le déséquilibre du marché en cas de crise ou, au contraire, leur impact n'est-il que marginal ? . Si les produits garantis augmentent nécessairement la volatilité du marché puisque les établissements contreparties amplifient à la fois les mouvements de hausse et de baisse pour gérer leur couverture, il nous semble que cet effet est mineur au regard des avantages que ces produits procurent.

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  • Véronique Leroux, 1997. "Les OPCVM garantis : quels en sont les principes de fonctionnement et quels risques font-ils peser sur le marché ?," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 42(4), pages 135-146.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1997_num_42_4_2359
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1997.2359
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