Protected products offergreater flexibility

If you are an adviser who automatically associates the structured sector with high yielding risky bonds that leave the investor with reduced capital, think again. Times have changed and these products are now increasingly low risk, solid and attractively priced performers. This is good news for advisers, since many say their main demand is for 'sleep easy' products that produce returns in excess of deposit accounts. However, there remains an image of structured products as only suited to those prepared to gamble for that elusive headline rate. There are still products offering rates of ...