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Wayne Riches, client relationship manager for Britannia International considers the potential applications of structured products and the growing choice now offered as the market evolves

Dip into any current publication for intermediaries and you will no doubt see a feature on structured products. One of the significant growth areas of past years, not only has the number of providers of these products increased but the complexity and variation of new launches appears to know no bounds. To assist advisers researching the variety of products now available there is also an increasing number of websites, such as www.futurevc.co.uk and www.structured retailproducts.com, which allow advisers to view and compare the features and details of each product. But while advisers have b...

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