Struc prods on platforms

Currently, advisers can invest in them directly though providers but not, somewhat anomalously, via many of the leading fund supermarkets or wrap platforms. And that strikes me as rather baffling. As part of a wider exercise we recently asked a sizable number of advisers - 242 to be precise, many of whom rarely use structured products - which, if any, platforms they would like to see host structured products. The results were both predictable and surprising. The humdrum aspect refers to advisers' choice of platforms. No surprises here. Cofunds, Selestia and FundsNetwork were the three p...