News - Structured Products
Counterparty risk, charges and complexity have conspired to give structured products a bad name, but there are signs advisers are turning to them once again.
Henderson has named Jim Irvine, who currently heads up the fund manager's structured products and advisory unit, as head of its £16bn fixed income business.
Daniel Cawley, partner of 121 Financial Services, explains why, in his experience, structured deposits suit the majority of clients.
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Almost a third of discretionary fund managers (DFM) cannot deal with direct investments into structured products, according to an analysis of the market.
Lowes Financial Management has appointed ex-Investec senior equity derivates structurer Sham Yapa as business development manager.
Structured products are again in the regulatory firing line but this time it is providers – rather than IFAs – which are in the FSA’s sights.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a Dubai based private investor $9.62m (£6m) for manipulating the closing price of securities on the London Stock Exchange, in the largest fine imposed by the FSA on an individual.
Professional Adviser and Protected Product Review (PPR) are delighted to announce the winners of the PPR Structured Product Awards 2011.
Structured product providers must consider the needs of the retail consumer at the end of the supply chain and not just regard distributors as the ‘end customer', the FSA has said.
The FSA has issued further guidance for structured product firms after identifying weaknesses in the way providers design and approve the products.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Credit Suisse £5.95m for failings in relation to sales by its private bank of structured capital at risk products (SCARPs).
Gilliat Financial Solutions has launched its latest range of Capital Protection Studies aimed at the adviser market.
Gilliat Financial Solutions has launched its first dual counterparty product, the Income Builder – October 2011.
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