Barclays Wealth has launched the fourth issue of its Emerging Markets Optimiser, as investors seek alternative ways to access high growth but volatile investment areas.
The Optimiser offers protected exposure to emerging markets. It initially launched in February 2008 and has attracted more than £50m in its first three tranches. The latest issue retains the Eastern European option introduced in June, which offers a return based on two indices. The RDX trades Russian shares quoted on the London Stock Exchange while the CECE Traded Index is representative of the shares in the Polish, Hungarian and Czech stock markets. This option employs a risk-adjusting strategy to determine a daily participation level to the performance of the underlying markets, so whe...
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