Kick-out structure 'eases market volatilty'

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STRUCTURED products which kick out following minimal index gains provide an attractive alternative to equity funds, given the current market volatility, according to NDF.

The company believes offerings which earn investors returns if the indices they are linked to are not lower than their starting point at maturity are ideal investments in the current climate. Ronan Gelling, marketing manager at NDF, says: “The June ‘07 Kick Out is our eighth edition of this highly successful structure, and IFAs like the product because when markets are choppy, the indices the plans are linked to don’t have to grow much. “The indices can instead fluctuate over time and just have to come back up to above their starting level to achieve returns, and this is different to ...

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