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STRUCTURED PRODUCTS FEATURE

Lehmans three years on: Are investors better off?

Investment Week | 15 Sep 2011

Three years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Laura Miller revisits the shocking events and asks if any lessons have been learned.

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Getting under the bonnet of collateralisation

The evolution of structured UCITS has seen collateralised investments come to the fore. Morgan Stanley's Sophie Barnett looks at how such plans have been adapted for the retail market.

Investment Week | 24 Feb 2011

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How to play the rising prices theme

Paul Burgin discovers the benefits of inflation-linked structured products.

Investment Week | 15 Feb 2011

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Five tips for picking the right structured fund

Emma Louise Davidson, executive member of the UK Structured Products Association and Citi’s head of cross-asset group for UK and Ireland, reveals how to pick the right structured product.

Investment Week | 14 Feb 2011

McGahan: How structured products can lose your clients' money

To herald structured products as 'win-win' for clients except in the most extreme market conditions is highly misleading, Worldwide Financial Planning's Peter McGahan says.

Investment Week | 09 Nov 2010

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Why invest in autocall structured products

Paul Burgin looks at how autocalls can complement investors' portfolios

Investment Week | 19 Oct 2010

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Putting structured products on a platform

How can online tools such as comparison websites help the structured product industry?

Investment Week | 07 Sep 2010

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Volatility maketh the product

Paul Burgin on using structured products in volatile times

Investment Week | 28 Jun 2010

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The maturing of structured products

Scandal and regulation have been predominant factors in the UK structured product market. The industry has much maturing to do, writes Paul Burgin

Investment Week | 26 Apr 2010

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Super structure

Despite the recent woes in the economic environment, the default risk of European structured finance securities and their ratings has so far been largely unaffected, writes S&P's Andrew South.

Investment Week | 12 Apr 2010

Build your own structured product

Paul Burgin says growing numbers of advisers and wealth managers are building their own bespoke structured products

Investment Week | 06 Mar 2010

Ucits III Oeics: the funds you can see right through

When it comes to structured products, transparency is the name of the game with providers increasingly building in additional protective measures by packaging their funds as Ucits III Oeics, writes Martin Morris

Investment Week | 06 Mar 2010

Boring Britain

Paul Burgin looks at why market conditions require more exotic structured products to maintain protection and pay-offs.

Investment Week | 20 Feb 2010

Into the mainstream

Structured products have largely delivered on their promise to offer protection, but continued evolution is necessary

Investment Week | 29 Jan 2010

10 myths about structured products

The UK Structured Products Association debunks some common myths about structured products

Investment Week | 11 Jan 2010

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