Structured Products/Review
Merchant Capital offers an agriculture basket
Buying into agriculture
Two ways to win
Two ways to win
Inflation with a cap
Inflation with a cap
Five-way collateralisation
Five-way collateralisation
Defining risk and return
Defining risk and return
Commodities in a basket
Commodities in a basket
Toronto Dominion offers boosted returns
Toronto Dominion offers boosted returns
Protecting against inflation
Protecting against inflation
Playing with four currencies
Playing with four currencies
Lloyds TSB offers protection on Bric exposure
Lloyds offers you protection
Goldman Sachs autocallable offers early kickout
Kicking out early
Investec offers emerging market returns
Emerging returns
BarCap ETN offers access to volatility
Vying for volatility
Tapping Australia's economic performance
On top down under
Review: RBS offers income with downside protection on S&P 500
The reset route
Review: Duggan goes short government bonds
Bearish on bonds
Review: Incapital digital growth plan
Going digital
Morgan Stanley Jump
Morgan Stanley has issued Jump Securities, a structured products based on the performance of a basket composed of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund and the Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50. Principal is not protected and the upside above the target…
A complex payoff
The Royal Bank of Scotland has created a complicated retail structured product based on volatility for the Australian market and teamed up with National Australia Bank to help with distribution. Capital for the seven-year product is protected at maturity…
Product review: Meteor's FTSE 100 kickout
Meteor is offering a standard kickout based on the top 10 UK stocks that promises a 17.5% annual return if eight of the stocks are above their initial level. The six-year product is issued by BNP Paribas and puts capital at risk if the three worst…
Product review: Investec provides ratings choice
Investors can choose between a triple B and a single A rated bank issuer in this five-year rollover plan, and receive different coupon payments on the basis of their choice as long as index levels are above the strike level at product anniversaries
Product review: Risking the first 10%
Gilliat Financial Solutions is offering a six-year income product linked to the FTSE 100 that promises a fixed coupon as well as bonus payments, but only if investors are prepared to put 10% of their capital at risk
Product review: Barclays UK accumulator
Barclays has offered an accumulator product based on the FTSE 100, with lock-ins for every 15% rise in the index subject to a 60% cap. If the index does not trade above a 115% strike level and the 50% protection barrier is breached, capital is not…
Product review: Blue Sky offers downside protection
A six-year growth product from Blue Sky Asset Management that is relatively complex for retail investors. The product links to the FTSE 100 and gives accumulated returns up to an annual cap of 12%