Structured Products

Each month IFAonline is shining the spotlight on the biggest issues in the industry and today structured products are taking centre stage.

With many portfolios suffering losses in 2008, it's natural for investors to look for new ways to generate returns.

On the face of it, £7bn of retail structured product sales in 2007 bodes well for the structured products industry. However, the facts behind the headlines are interesting:

Lehman Brothers' UK structured investments and mortgage subsidiaries are teetering on the brink this afternoon, following the group's overnight bankruptcy announcement.

BNP Paribas has launched Stabiliser and Stabiliser Plus, the first in a range of structured OEICs sold under its new Privalto brand.

BNP Paribas is set to make two capital-protected OEIC funds from its recently-launched Privalto range available to UK investors.

A structured product with an inbuilt ‘hindsight' feature designed to reduce the risk of investors mis-timing their entry into the market has been launched.

Abbey has issued the latest tranche in its range of capital-guaranteed FTSE 100-linked growth products.

Abbey is set to launch the latest tranches of its range of guaranteed investment products linked to the FTSE 100 with a capital guarantee.

Abbey has issued its latest FTSE 100-linked capital guaranteed investment product.