Autocallables
Market snapshot: US investors pile into leveraged return notes
Tim Mortimer analyses the latest monthly trends in the US and UK structured product markets
No kickout for UBS autocallable note but returns beat direct investment in the underlying
UBS sold an optimised autocallable structured note to US investors in February 2012 that has so far not kicked out but has paid back better than a direct investment in the underlying, the stock of Haliburton
Viva Las Vega: Japan banks take advantage of volatility play
Viva Las Vega!
Structured products help Brooks Macdonald protect investor capital in declining markets
Brooks shields investors
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
JP Morgan worst-of structure straddles gold miners ETF and Russell 2000
The best of the worst-of
Barclays six-year defensive autocall linked to the FTSE 100
Returns on this defensive autocall are linked to the FTSE 100 subject to a trigger level lower than the strike. The product pays no commission, in line with the UK’s Retail Distribution Review, and offers returns of up to 7% a year
Garantum fills the gap
Garantum Fondkommission is one of the Nordic market's largest structured product distributors and caters to a diverse client base across Sweden, Finland and Norway. Hannah Collins talks to co-founder and partner Thomas Bratt
Barclays structured products maturing last year lean towards wealth preservation
A roundup of structured products that Barclays distributed via UK IFAs in 2012 reveals good returns were possible even in flat markets. Despite many underlyings experiencing a bear market, investors always got back at least their initial capital
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
RBS offers a choice of kickouts
Take your pick of the kickouts
Best in Spain
Best in Spain
A new framework for assessing product complexity
A model of complexity
Structured product 'disguised' interest may be subject to higher taxes
Returns on more structured products could be subject to income tax rather than capital gains tax following a tightening of the law by the UK tax authority
Meteor's FTSE 100 hybrid
Hybrid with a sting in the tail
Trade of the month: Autocallables
Trade of the month: Autocallables
NBC delivering on yield
The yield hunters
Best in South Korea: Credit Suisse
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012
Trade of the month: Long-dated products
Trade of the month: Long-dated products
Rare Euro Stoxx 50 structured product launched in the UK
Eurostoxx 50 Supertracker offers UK structured product investors geared exposure to European equities
Market snapshot
Market snapshot
Garantum autocall linked to emerging markets
Taking Brics to Sweden