Providing capital protection

The use of Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance is becoming increasingly widespread in the UK. But is an options-based approach preferable? Robert Benson examines the pros and cons of each approach

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At a structured products conference held in London earlier this year, a speaker from Bradford & Bingley, one of the UK’s biggest distributors of structured retail products, asked a simple question: “CPPI – is it a solution or a problem in waiting?”

At the time, the use of Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) was just beginning to appear in the UK retail market. The most successful entrant at that time was Sterling Assurance, part of Zurich Financial Services, who had taken over £500

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