Structured products missing out on dividend yield

Structured products are not offering investors the dividend yield on underlying indices, now responsible for 40% of the total gain available in the UK market. Protected vehicles are typically based on capital-only indices and their growing popularity comes at a time when leading fund managers such as Leigh Harrison of Credit Suisse are predicting yield will form a larger component of total return. He said yield will contribute around 50% of overall gains, compared to just 10% in the late 1990s. While currently below its historic average level of 4.8%, dividend yield on the FTSE All-Sh...