Trio launch eight products

structured products

standard life, abbey national and Natwest start new year with structured product forays

Standard Life, Abbey National and NatWest all launched structured products at the start of the year, with eight in total on offer between the three groups. Standard Life is offering three guaranteed bonds with varying terms of three, four and five years. All three are growth products with a UK life bond wrapper, with the returns linked to the performance of the FTSE 100, and all feature capital protection of 100%. Growth on the five-year bond is based on 73% of any rise in the index, uncapped. This falls to 60% for the four-year bond and 50% on the three-year offering. The final index ...