Structured Products Asia: interest rate rises provide market opportunity

Fixed-income investors are looking at structured products to enhance yield and manage duration

Private banks are increasingly looking at structured products to complement fixed-income portfolios to provide clients with protection from potential curve steepening and rising long-term interest rates, as investors remain unsure about the fate of the equity markets in the region, according to panellists at the 2013 Structured Products Asia conference in Hong Kong.

A protracted period of low rates is potentially coming to end with the US Federal Reserve recently signalling its intent to reduce