Investec Structured Products' head of intermediary sales Gary Dale calls for more clarity for advisers and their clients over just what they are buying
My reasoning is quite straightforward. The term ‘structured products’ conjures up many preconceived and often ill-judged ideas that I’m sure many advisers share and, being objective on the issue, I guess I would have to agree with some but certainly not all. For too long now the term “structured product” has been overused to describe most non-traditional investment strategies without the necessary distinctions being applied to the variety of structures available. There are fundamental differences between structured deposits, structured investments and also structured funds, not just i...
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