Kick-out
Trade of the month: Autocallables
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Autocallables remain popular products, helped by the offer of high target returns (pseudo-yield) in excess of what is achievable by a reverse convertible linked to the same underlying over the same period....
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Morgan Stanley is offering a FTSE 100-based plan offering the higher of a fixed coupon or the performance of the index, as long as a 50% barrier is not breached at maturity. For the product to pay above...
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After making marginal gains in April, Investec’s market share saw a steep decline in May but it maintained its top spot in the UK, while Citi took the lead in the US. Tim Mortimer analyses the issuance...
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Meteor offers a four-way index play
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Meteor is offering UK investors a play on four indexes, with the lowest weight applied to the least correlated. There are fixed returns after three, four and five years, as long as the growth product does not kick out
Safety and an early payout
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Gilliat’s five-year FTSE-linked, Rabobank-issued structured product had safety and an early kickout written all over it. Both components played their part, with investors paid out 9% and given their capital back early in the middle of March.
Five-way collateralisation
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Investec has taken collateralisation one step further by structuring a a five-year at-risk kickout product linked to the FTSE 100 that is supported by the bonds of five banks. While credit risk is diversified across five institutions, if one goes bankrupt...
Defining risk and return
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Barclays’ six-year at autocallable product linked to the UK benchmark FTSE 100 puts capital at risk but mitigates counterparty exposure with European government bonds
UK structured products market grows 20% on back of increased risk appetite...
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UK investors regained their taste for risk in 2010, with a rising market benefiting from more capital-at-risk products, according to figures from Future Value Consultants.
Goldman Sachs autocallable offers early kickout
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Goldman Sachs is offering US investors a three-year growth product which offers a coupon on the (likely) early kickout. Investors would get the best deal if the investment goes to term.
Market snapshot
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Tim Mortimer of Future Value Consultants notes the return of worst-of structures in the UK primary market and the continued domination of reverse convertibles in the US
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