Waiting to turn green

Ulster Bank is a prominent player in the structured products market in Ireland and continues to blossom in the retail arena. Now the bank is paving the way for the growing interest in green themes among Ireland's structured products investors

Ulster Bank appeared on the structured products scene in the early 1990s at a time when the wealth market was developing in Ireland. Now, the bank is a major player in the EUR3 billion Irish market, says David Kiely, director and head of treasury and investor solutions at Ulster Bank Capital Markets in Dublin. "The returns that Ulster Bank has delivered to its structured products investors over the past couple of years have outperformed other versions of alternative investments that are