Arguing the case for structured products

STRUCTURED PRODUCTS

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Although rarely seen on platforms, there are more reasons than ever for advisers to consider structures today. Jasper Thomas, investment funds manager at Aviva Pensions & Investments, explains...

It continues to surprise me how little we see structured products used on wrap platforms in the UK. Perhaps it is time for the market to change its perception of these products and it is here we see significant opportunities. From a market perspective, given the wealth of geographies, sectors, asset types, risk tolerances and wrappers which can be catered for in structured products, this fundamental category is continually overlooked and there is no good reason for it being this way. There are a few quirks which could be said to make structures ‘unique’ by some metrics but, overall, t...

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