Market snapshot

Capital-at-risk products remained the most popular in the UK retail market in December, flourishing in the prevailing low interest rate environment and offering leveraged returns. Tim Mortimer explains

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Tim Mortimer, Future Value Consultants

The three biggest providers of structured products in the UK accounted for 60% of issuance in December 2010 and were, in order, Investec Structured Products, Barclays Bank and Gilliat Financial Solutions.

Barclays Bank was also the second most prolific issuer by notional in the US last month, after Bank of America. Though there has been no change to the ranking of the top two producing providers, there has been an increase in the amount of notional sold by Bank of America (from 26%) and a

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