Burgeoning market

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The structured products market has burgeoned in recent years both in terms of products on offer and investor demand. So where is the market now? We asked Blue Sky Asset Management's Chris Taylor for his views...

1. Structured products have been used by institutional investors for many years but have yet to really take off in the retail market where generally they are seen as 'alternative' products. Is there a case for these products to become core investments in a portfolio and can structured products take a greater share of the retail investment market? Retail use of structured products has been widespread for more than a decade in the UK and sales were around £7bn in 2007. That is back to the highs last seen in 2001 and represents robust use, by any measure. However despite impressive headline ...

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