FTSE 100
Product review: protecting the downside
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%
Jubilee's flight to quality
Since Jubilee Financial Products launched in 2008, UK plan managers have found themselves in increasingly turbulent waters. Jubilee’s strategy for success in such conditions has been to limit its scope to the high end of the market, using a top brand…
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
A choice of credit ratings
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 this choice as long as index levels at the product’s anniversaries are above the strike level
Lookback
An irreverent look at the events of the past month
Barclays Wealth launches protected kick-out investment
Barclays Wealth has launched a new protected kick out investment linked to the FTSE 100 index for UK investors. The FTSE Generator Bond deposit structure has the potential to kick out halfway through its six-year tenor and capital is 100% protected at…
All four one
MSS Investments has enlisted the Swedish Export Credit Corporation as issuer of a six-year capped growth product linked to the performance of a basket of global indexes based on infrastructure, equities, fixed income and emerging markets
UK Wrap: Cater Allen lone presence with double digit headline rate
Cater Allen Private Bank was the only issuer with a product in the UK market last week, offering a headline rate of 37% for its FTSE-linked product. The plan comes with two maturity options - either three and three quarter years or five-and-a-half years…
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: 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.
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: 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.
Updated: Investec shares the wealth with income increase
Investec will increase the return on its five-year Capital Guaranteed FTSE 100 Income Plan 2 by 40 basis points due to changing market conditions.
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…
SG launches tradeable dividend exposure in UK
Société Générale (SG) has launched four new certificates on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) giving exposure to the dividends of companies included in the FTSE 100 and Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50 indexes.
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.