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Gold and currencies in China

The make-up of structured products markets in different countries reflect local economies, investment habits and cultural preferences....
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The rise of the range accrual

The Range Accrual product type is a long established payoff within the world of structured products. It provides income or growth that...
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US tactical fund strategy

RBC have issued a five year note in the US market linked to the RBC Global Tactical Equity Total Return Index. The main interest in...
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FVC UK structured product performance study

FVC produced its first in depth report on structured product performance a year ago and we have now updated it to the end of 2019....
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Reverse convertibles: preferring fixed income

Despite losing ground to Auto-calls as the high yield structured product of choice, Reverse Convertibles retain decent market share....
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Defensive and step down auto-calls

Auto-calls remain very popular in most structured products markets. When this product type first appeared the most common treatment...
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Credit linked products in 2019

Credit linked products continue to occupy an important niche in structured products markets and sales in 2019 year to date have...
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The use of smart beta in structured products

ETFs have been consistently taking market share on mutual funds as lower cost passive investments. ETFs typically track indices as...
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How long dated structured products work

In most retail structured products markets long dated products can be defined to be those longer than six years. There are certain...
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Advanced portfolio techniques for structured products

The key properties of most structured products are generally acknowledged as capital protection and yield enhancement. On a simple...
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