Capital protection
Structured products house of the year: Citi
Risk awards 2022: Future-proofing against jack-knife market moves gives US giant the edge with clients
Sterling swap rate collapse hits structured deposits
Post-Brexit halving of five-year swap rate sees Hartmoor pull FTSE deposit plans
Portfolio insurance with adaptive protection
This paper investigates the optimal design of funds which provide capital protection at a specific maturity.
Risk managing structured products in a falling market
Capital-at-risk products with European-style barriers inherently more vulnerable in a downturn
FVC review: Investec’s five-year FTSE growth plan
Capital-protected product will use averaging to calculate final returns
Beware the pitfalls of averaging in structured products
Practice is useful for dampening volatility in valuations but carries risks
Nasdaq and Exceed partner for structured products index
Three indexes offer liquidity and varying levels of protection
Deal of the year: BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas Axa Variable Annuity tops deal of the year category
Morgan Stanley Asia growth plan returns principal only
Indexes fail to recover in time to trigger kickout and additional returns
HVB taps proprietary strategy as underlying in Germany
Capital-protected eight-year note tracks multi-manager strategy with volatility control
Family offices debate role of structured products at London panel
Firms that manage family fortunes say structured products have come a long way since the financial crisis, but their use in family office portfolios remains limited
Eric Penser offers partial protection on international equity index basket
Penser is partial to protection
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
Full capital protection for Cater Allen's structured products
Catering to the cautious
Structured products market in Greece stabilises ahead of debt sustainability talks
Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
Hedge funds house of the year
Hedge funds house of the year
Best in Ireland
Best in Ireland
Bank of America note swaps protection for higher returns
A cut and a cap
Dual directional plan on FTSE 100 provides two routes to profit
Believing in the bull and the bear
Trade of the month: Long-dated products
Trade of the month: Long-dated products
Product performance
Product performance