Gilliat Financial Solutions
Spate of UK structured products deliver gross returns of 10%-plus
Positive equity performance provides bumper fourth quarter for maturing UK autocalls
Gilliat Financial Services presents FTSE 100 range accrual to UK investors
Gilliat offers a step down
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Market snapshot
People: Credit Suisse reshuffles its global pack
Credit Suisse reshuffles the global pack
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Market snapshot
Gilliat note provides choice of counterparty
A tale of two issuers
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Retail structured products pose systemic risk, concludes report
Growth replaces income in UK products as providers apply RDR principles
The Retail Distribution Review is already having an impact on structured products in the UK if new products launched this month are anything to go by
Fears that IFAs will focus on the 'super-rich' post-RDR
As the regulatory environment gets tougher for UK retail banks, some industry figures warn of an exodus of IFAs from the retail market in order to target high-net-worth investors
Why structured products might benefit from the FSA's Retail Distribution Review
Market participants in the UK are optimistic that the removal of commission in favour of fees for financial advice as part of the Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review will help sales of structured products
People: Todd Steinberg exits Macquarie
Steinberg leaves as Macquarie trims
Inflation-linked structured products on the menu for UK investors
UK distributors are capitalising on rising inflation with structured products that offer returns linked to the Retail Prices Index
Efficacy of alpha strategies called into question
Alpha strategies may result in lower volatility but they do not necessarily provide higher returns, according to market participants
Leveraged return super trackers back
Demand for leveraged call spreads, commonly referred to as super trackers, with highly geared upside and soft protection, is slowly coming back. Investors are looking to diversify counterparty exposure away from high street banks and inflation growth…
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Market snapshot
Gilliat gets creative with its structures
Spicing up the payouts
UK structured products delivering impressive returns at maturity
Data from Structuredproductreview.com shows that products maturing over the past three months have performed extremely well overall, with the only losses arising from Lehman Brothers-backed plans
Scarps are to account for a quarter of the UK market this year, says Legal & General
UK investors are more prepared to take an element of risk in return for higher yields, according to UK market participants
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Safety and an early payout
Safety and an early payout
China leads the way as UK structured product providers try new underlyings
China leads the way as UK structured product providers try new underlyings