Structured Products

Home secretary Theresa May has written to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme about its decision to compensate some Lehman-backed NDFA structured product investors but not others.

In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panellists from Barclays Wealth, Investec Structured Products and Morgan Stanley discussed UK Equity Income.

A structured products investment platform has been launched by SPGO, aimed at financial advisers and institutional investors.

Barclays Capital’s Lisa Chaudhuri assesses how structured products have fared during the recent market volatility

Jubilee Financial Products has launched the latest version of its Early Redemption Plan, which invests in securities issued by Morgan Stanley BV.

Barclays Wealth has linked with Intrinsic Financial Services to become the firm's preferred supplier of structured investments.

Barclays Wealth has unveiled a new Defined Returns Plan Annual Kick-Out, which offers investors the potential for early returns of 6.50% per annum from the third year onwards subject to the FTSE being at or above 90% of the initial index level.

Gilliat Financial Solutions has launched its Growth Multiplier -September 2011, which is the first structured product publicly offered to the UK market with Credit Suisse as the counterparty.

The FSA said it is trying to contact customers of a Leicester-based IFA as it believes they may have been mis-sold unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) and structured products.

Structured product investors with investments maturing this month are one group unlikely to suffer capital losses from the recent market volatility, according to StructuredProductReview.com.