Structured Products

We question Gary Dale, head of Intermediary Sales at Investec Structured Products, on Investec's clear differentiation between structured investments and structured deposits

Lisa Chaudhuri, vice president, Barclays Wealth, gives her views on the market for new structures and what types of product we may see issued in 2011

Demand for capital at risk structured products has risen 160% in three years, despite continuing uncertainties around the stock markets. James Harrington, head of Business Development, Platforms & Distribution at Legal & General considers what this says...

Chris Taylor, managing director Incapital Europe anticipates a good year ahead as a greater number of IFAs become both more knowledgeable and comfortable using structured products

Advisers have to look at the long-term market and how to find the best investment solutions for their clients, a process which can no longer ignore structured products.

Although dominated by FTSE 100 products, the structured product market has seen a growing number of launches offering investments based on alternative, dual and multiple benchmarks. But are these cutting edge or double-edged investments? Rob Kingsbury...

Rob Kingsbury examines the increasing collateralisation of structured products as a means to mitigate the perceived risk of using a single counterparty

Marc Chamberlain, executive director structured products Morgan Stanley answers our questions on capital at risk products

Lowes Financial Management has launched a free-to-use consumer-facing website, CompareStructuredProducts.com.

Morgan Stanley has launched the FTSE Gilt-Backed Growth Plan 7, a collateralised structured product designed to mitigate credit risk and protect capital.