Structured Products - 2008-07-01
Articles in this issue
Easy returns in either direction - Product review
JP Morgan has released a one-year straddle product based on four Asian indexes that offers 200% participation on the upside and 100% on the downside, subject to maximum returns of 17.2% and 10%, in addition to principal
Lookback
Comment
Keydata offers kickouts - Product review
Keydata Investment Services is offering a six-year multi-kickout product linked to the FTSE 100 for which capital is not protected at maturity only if the final index level is below the 50% barrier. Potential returns are 12% (not compounded) annually
Sovereign and state bank links - Product review
Societe Generale is offering investors a link to the sovereign debt of China, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand and the banking debt of the State Bank of India. Capital is protected and coupons are fixed at 3.3%, although the issuer has the right to…
Special Report Americas
If structured products can really do what they say they can, then it is no surprise that anyone producing mutual funds is trying to strangle structured products so soon after birth
Buying commercial property - Product review
Morgan Stanley has released UK Commercial Property Growth 1, a capital-protected product linked to the IPD UK Annual Growth Index, for which gains will be subject to capital gains tax. Participation is deemed a healthy 100% of the index performance
Academy Insight
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