Investec has entered the structured product arena, with the launch of a range of plans aimed at the adviser market.
The plans, rolled out through the group's Structured Products arm, fall under four categories: Accumulation, Investment, Income and Structured Funds. These are designed to enable advisers to match appropriate return profiles to a client's appetite for risk. Gary Dale, recently appointed to head of structured product sales at Investec, said: "We believe that the UK structured product market is at a cross-roads and needs to be redefined, and to some extent repositioned. Many financial services firms promote structured products as a stand-alone asset class, but we believe they are simply an...
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