Time for a rethink on structured products?

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Ian Lowes, of Lowes Financial Management, discusses why advisers who are unconvinced by structured products should reconsider their position.

It is time for a mind-shift on structured investments. With a handful of exceptions, very few structured products mature at a loss. That is not to say the rest are all good, but I think those who have not yet been convinced of their potential benefits should reconsider the opportunities they are missing. To say that recent years have been a turbulent time for investment markets would be a bit of an understatement. Therefore, it is not surprising that many structured products are simply returning the original capital. However, in the main, these are the investments that were designed to d...

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