Articles by Pierre Cooper
Société Générale launches new listed income product
Société Générale has issued a new listed plan, which guarantees to pay an income higher than a traditional savings account. The FTSE Income Protection 3000, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, provides investors with a fixed income of £17, or 1…
Jubilee plan to optimise growth
Jubilee Financial Products, a UK-based boutique asset manager, launched last week a new growth product, which aims to get the best entry point for investors.
UK Wrap: Risk appetite returns in new plan launches
Risk appetite returned to the UK last week with the launch of a slew of 'at risk' plans. Leading the pack was a asset manager Jubilee, with its Optimised Growth Plan 1, which also gives accelerated growth.
Investec opens latest suite of products to investors
Investec is offering a new set of capital protected FTSE-based plans covering growth and income products, as part of its 10 th collection.
UK Wrap: Emerging Markets and bonds appear as underlyings
MSS has launched its first structured product in the UK market, offering a 100% capital protection. The six-year investment gives 100% participation in an equally-weighted basket consisting of four underlyings - subject to a maximum return of 45% growth.
Barclays launches latest guaranteed deposit accounts
Barclays Capital, the investment bank division of Barclays Bank, has launched two more deposit accounts, as part of its structured deposit series for offshore bonds. The three-year guaranteed digital deposit account and the five-year guaranteed FTSE 100…
National participation
National Bank Financial in Canada hopes a new generation of exchange-traded funds, which break new ground in the way the products work, will prove as popular as leveraged ETFs and propel the bank to another successful year
Morgan Stanley feeds hunger for Gilt-backed products
Morgan Stanley has launched a new UK government bond backed plan and re-issued three other plans, one of which is the third in a series of Gilt-backed issues, designed to mitigate counterparty risk.
NDFA offers six-year deposit product
NDFA, the UK provider of structured products, has launched a six-year deposit product offering the potential for 50% fixed return.
Blue Sky offers autocalls with growth and income
Blue Sky Asset Management has launched growth and income auto-call plans - designed to take advantage of low interest rates.
Keydata kicks out once more
Keydata, the UK structured products distributor, has launched two structured products designed to give exposure to the FTSE 100 index. The first, the five-year Annual Kick-out Plan Issue 2, will automatically redeem on its first anniversary paying out 9%…
Walker Crips launches first growth product
Walker Crips Structured Investments (WCSI) has launched its first growth product on the retail market. The Annual Growth Plan, a non-capital protected plan, provides exposure to the FTSE-100 index. The three-year kick-out plan offers a return of 10% a…
Investec Guaranteed FTSE Plan given facelift
Investec has changed the payoff profile of its Guaranteed FTSE 100 Plans, as part of the launch of its ninth collection of structured products covering investment, accumulation and income plans. The Guaranteed three-year FTSE 100 Plan 9 has two options…