Commodities

Many IFAs use structured products as a matter of course when constructing client portfolios.

The 'NICE' (non-inflationary, continuous expansion) global economy has been replaced by a 'VILE' period (volatile inflation and lower earnings), according to HSBC Private Bank.

Castlestone Management has worked with Dublin's regulators to create a Ucits commodity fund with truly active management

INVESTEC Asset Management has launched a UCITS III enhanced commodity and resource equity fund.

BARCLAYS Wealth has rolled out its first commodity investment, broadly based on the S&P GSCI index.

Barclays Wealth is hoping to correct the retail investor's "materially underweight" exposure to commodities with a new protected investment suite.

THE gold price has topped $1,000 an ounce for the first time, underpinned by the weakness of the dollar and the threat of a US recession.

METEOR has rolled out its latest protected commodities plan, with a choice between the Capital Protected Option and the Protected Super Growth Option.

CLOSE Investments has scrapped its Agricultural Commodities Trust just days before it was due to go live.