Structured Products

Aviva is launching two Guaranteed Selection funds which it says will appeal to customers who want better returns than a typical deposit account and are prepared to invest for five years or more.

Barclays Wealth has launched new Wealthbuilder fixed-term deposit and Defined Returns Plans.

Morgan Stanley has unveiled its FTSE Gilt-Backed Growth Plan 9, offering investors the potential for returns of 7% p.a. with reduced counterparty risk.

Four advisers explain why they attended Morgan Stanley's bespoke educational training sessions about structured products.

StructuredProductReview.com, the comparison site run by Lowes Financial Management, is to start issuing regular maturity value data on structured products with the aim of making the sector more transparent.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to order structured product providers to provide more information in their marketing to justify the use of terms such as ‘guaranteed', ‘protected' and ‘secure'.

Aviva Investors has launched its Defined Returns Fund 10 which has a four year term.

Gilliat Financial Solutions is offering advisers fresh access to a range of its most popular structured products.

Jubilee Financial Products has launched a product with returns linked to UK residential property prices and available as a deposit or capital protected plan with two investment terms.

Structured products are back in demand in the Central and Eastern European region and a conference staged by EastEuroLink sets out to examine the growing opportunities in the sector.