Structured Products

Arc Capital & Income today announced a capital protected bricks and mortar fund based on the Halifax House Price Index (HPI).

James Hay is launching its first structured product which will allow investors to take advantage of the credit-crunch battered share prices of four leading UK banks.

Lehman Brothers has launched Enhanced Returns Plan Issue 5, offering 100% capital protection, in conjunction with plan manager DRL.

Investor appetite for structured products shows no signs of slowing with Skandia noting a 152% jump in inflows to its Protected Portfolio Investment (PPI) fund in Q1 this year.

Barclays Wealth has added an Eastern Europe option to its protected Emerging Markets Optimiser plan.

Smarter investment decisions by retail investors requires more objective short term investment thinking, says Blue Sky Asset Management chief executive Chris Taylor

Barclays Wealth has split its Defined Returns Plan into two distinct investments and introduced a four-year capital protected option.

The launch of a new Structured Products section on IFAonline is representative of the huge amount of interest and growing demand for these investments.

Arc Capital & Income is launching a new fixed income plan after its earlier version closed two weeks early due to high demand.

Stuctured products provider Keydata has extended the offer periods on three of its plans "due to escalating demand".