Indexes
Investec unveils inflation product in release of third series
Investec Structured Products has released its third series of plans, including an inflation-linked product and its latest issues in the accumulation and investment categories. In total, Investec has devised four categories for its product offerings,…
NDFA offers income with tax incentives
NDFA has launched two structured products which offer tax efficiencies by allowing the investor to buy preference shares in an offshore wrapper. Consequently, basic rate taxpayers receive non-UK dividends tax-free, while higher-rate tax payers have had…
Morgan Stanley builds access to global infrastructure for retail
Morgan Stanley has released five capital-protected structured products offering exposure to themes including global infrastructure and UK commercial property. These products follow an 85% increase in uptake since the last retail offering in May.
MSCI offers GCC and Arabian exposure
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched four new indexes as part of its MSCI Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Arabian Markets indexes family. The new indexes are designed to underlie financial instruments such as structured products and ETFs.
Barclays Wealth releases range of growth and income products
Barclays Wealth has launched a suite of structured products designed to offer growth, income or the ability to recoup previous capital losses. The range is available between September 1 and October 31.
Meteor launches latest Prima Growth Plan
Meteor Asset Management has released its Prima Growth Plan 9, a six-year plan linked to the FTSE 100 index. The plan offers two options: the first option provides 14% after the first year, as long as the index is at or above its opening level. If this…
Lehman launched version six of Enhanced Returns Plan
Lehman Brothers has launched the sixth version of its enhanced returns plan. The product comes with both three and five-year options and is linked to the performance of the FTSE 100 index. Potential return rates are the highest so far in the series, with…
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MSCI Barra produces global currency indexes
MSCI Barra has launched global currency indexes that can be licensed for portfolio management and benchmarking purposes, as well as to serve as the basis of structured products and other index-linked investment vehicles such as ETFs.
Arc launches latest Stepped Kick Out offering 11% return
Arc Capital & Income has launched the sixth issue of its Stepped Kick Out plan, linked to the FTSE 100 index. The six-year, three-week plan offers 11% at the end of the first year and matures if the index is at or above its opening level on the first…
Barclays Wealth enhances defined return plans
Barclays Wealth has bumped up the rates on its latest range of defined returns plan (DRP) investments, offering 24% in the three-year option (up from 20%), 36% in the four-year (from 30%), and 48% from the five-year (from 40%). The new products are…
Lyxor AM launches first ETF on Gulf region
Lyxor Asset Management, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Société Générale, has launched the first ETF focusing on Kuwait in collaboration with Coast Investment and Development Company, on the London Stock Exchange.
Lehman Brothers launches second issue of Kick Out Performance Plan
Lehman Brothers has launched the second issue of its five-year Kick Out Performance Plan, with two options linked to the FTSE 100 index. One option offers an annual kick-out providing 14% and the other option offers a six-month kick-out, potentially…
Keydata reverts to capital protection
Keydata Investment Services has unveiled the six-year 100% Capital Protected Growth Plan Issue one, its first 100% capital-protected product launched in five years. The plan offers 109.5% of any growth in the FTSE 100 index during its term, with no…
Arc unveils income plan offering 9% or 7.5%
Arc Capital & Income has launched its five-year Fixed Income Plan 7, which offers an annual income of 9% for the higher income option or 7.5% for the cautious option. Both the options are linked to the FTSE 100 index and offer the possibility of a…
Newcastle Building Society unveils intermediary service and range of products
Newcastle Building Society has launched its Newcastle Intermediaries Services (IS) designed for intermediary networks and independent financial advisors (IFAs). The new savings and lending brand offers a range of deposit-based savings products, including…
MSCI Barra adds to thematics with agriculture and food chain indexes
Index provider MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Agriculture and Food Chain indexes, equity-based indexes designed to measure the performance of the various components of the agriculture and food industries, from production through to distribution.
FTSE & JSE expand sharia offering
Index provider FTSE and South African securities exchange the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) have launched the FTSE/JSE Shariah Top 40 index, which is designed to provide exposure to sharia-compliant companies from the Shariah All-Share Index. The…
HSBC launches FTSE and EM products to UK IFA market
HSBC has launched two new plans for the UK independent financial adviser (IFA) market. The plans offer exposure to either the FTSE 100 index or emerging market equity.
CBOE launches crude oil volatility index
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has launched the CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index (OVX).
Keydata offers income or growth
Keydata Investment Services has launched the Extra Income Plan, which offers either an income or growth. The income option pays a quarterly coupon of 2.075% pa while the growth option returns 58.5% at maturity.
Barclays Wealth offer shorter term on Super Tracker
Barclays Wealth is launching a new shorter-dated version of its Super Tracker investment. The original product, which offers exposure to the FTSE 100 index, is now available in both three and five-year maturities.
Investec picks inflation for first income product
Investec has launched the first structured product in its income category; a hybrid product linked to the performance of both UK equity and inflation levels. The plan, which has a five-year maturity, offers minimum annual payments of 7.25%, with 50%…
Cloudy skies prompt launch of new rainbow product
London and Capital has launched a capital guaranteed multi-asset rainbow plan which offers exposure to equities, commodities and property. It uses a lookback feature which will weight the classes differently according to their performance, offering…