Why are struc prods attractive for offshore plans?

There has been a huge increase in the use of structured products in the last two years, both from advisers based outside the UK and from UK-based advisers whose clients have offshore investments. For non-UK residents, there are few restrictions on investment wrappers, and most money is directed towards autocallable notes. This will be a familiar investment type for most readers; they are sometimes known as “kick-out” investments. Autocall investments deliver a fixed return on the first anniversary the underlying indices are above their starting level and mature at this point. The popular...