Structured Products

Chairman of the UK Structured Products Association Jamie Smith discusses how advisers, providers and the regulator need to all work together to ensure good practice in the structured products space.

In this Professional Adviser debate, our panelists from Aviva Investors, Investec Structured Products and Morgan Stanley discussed Structured Products.

The pick of this week's articles on IFAonline...

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Santander £1.5m for failing to confirm to customers the circumstances under which its structured products would be covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

Merchant Capital (MCL), subsidiary of Merchant House Group, has appointed Reyker Securities to provide custodial and administrative services to its structured products division.

Derek Bradley, CEO of PanaceaIFA.com, laments the FSA’s decision not to pre-approve financial products.

Counterparty risk, charges and complexity have conspired to give structured products a bad name, but there are signs advisers are turning to them once again

Henderson has named Jim Irvine, who currently heads up the fund manager's structured products and advisory unit, as head of its £16bn fixed income business.

Ian Parker, partner at IFA firm Parker Kelly, explains the makeup of a possible structured product investor.

After another year of uncertainty for investors, structured products offer a defined outcome, but they remain under the regulatory microscope.