Structured Products

HMRC today declared kick-out structured products do qualify for ISA investment in a u-turn on existing policy.

Advisers are set to benefit from the recent equity market volatility, caused by the General Election and the Greek debt crisis, as yields have been increasing on capital at risk structured products.

Does it have to be a choice?

Merchant Capital has launched its Growth plan: Principal Lock-In, offering the opportunity of an uncapped growth payment based on the increase in FTSE 100.

Barclays Wealth has launched a new product which offers exposure to growth in the FTSE 100 without putting capital at risk.

Sophie Barnett, vice-president at Morgan Stanley, looks at the different types of capital protection available to investors through structured products.

Investec Structured Products has raised £3.8m for its first VCT launch.

Jubilee Financial Products' head of distribution Ian Millward has left the business to focus on freelance projects.

Merchant Capital has bought Keydata's structured product book and third-party administration services.

Meteor Asset Management says it has now received the missing money which was delaying dividend payments on two NDFA plans.