VIX instruments experience vega spike

The changing sources of volatility demand has led to more vega being traded in VIX futures and VIX exchange-traded products over listed S&P 500 and SPDR S&P 500 ETF options. In a presentation on the shifting landscape of volatility products, Maneesh Deshpande, head of Americas equity derivatives strategy at Barclays, identifies the changing trends in volatility demands and the likely market outlook for the VIX and volatility products. Rob McGlinchey reports.