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Meteor defensive autocall links to FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50
Meteor Asset Management is offering the newly popular defensive autocallable to UK investors, linked to the FTSE 100 and the Euro Stoxx 50. The product's American barrier has been set at a relatively safe...
Roughly 13% of the UK's retail structured products market consists of products based on more than one index. Many offer double-digit returns, but some providers say their higher risk levels are the opposite...
Royal Bank of Canada led the issuance tables in the US in October, while Investec Structured Products dominated in the UK
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RBS offers a choice of kickouts
Royal Bank of Scotland has issued a series of FTSE 100-linked structures that provide investors with a choice of kickout options featuring different types of barrier and autocallable trigger levels to suit their risk-reward preferences
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
Meteor is offering a six-year product linked to the FTSE 100 that delivers an income stream if the index remains above a certain level. Capital is at risk if a 50% barrier is breached, while an autocall feature means early kickout is a possibility
Kickouts and correlation
This multi-asset two-year autocallable from Credit Suisse offered a potentially healthy fixed return based on the performance of the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indexes, but capital is at risk if the final day barrier of 70% is breached
Morgan Stanley offers deferred kickout on the FTSE 100
Morgan Stanley has launched a FTSE 100-linked six-year kickout plan in the UK that does not pay out automatically at the trigger point, giving investors the option of waiting until maturity
Market snapshot
Tim Mortimer analyses the supply of public market structured products in the US and UK, finding that Barclays Bank is the only institution that is a top three issuer in each country. Leveraged return notes were the most issued product by notional, while...
Market snapshot
Issuance volumes in the US surged by 60% in January, dominated by leveraged returns, review bonds and kickouts. HSBC led the way, while Investec maintained its lead in the UK market in January. Tim Mortimer reviews the numbers
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