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Advisers: manage client risk and grow your business!

Financial services is a tough business and financial advice is a tough business. We know that there is ever present competition,...
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Structured products in a portfolio

Structured products are actively used in many markets as part of an investor’s portfolio. When a structured product is being...
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How Structured Funds work

Structured products remain popular because of their defined returns and ability to produce tailored risk profiles and targeted...
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Fixed Indexed Annuities in the US market

The US Fixed Indexed Annuity market continues to attract interest and a variety of different offerings are available today. This...
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Great timing: How to issue products to best effect

In all active structured product markets there is a continuous issuance cycle from participating product providers, indeed the regular...
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How structured products beat funds, bonds and cash

The FVC Structured Edge research service for IFAs covers the whole of the UK structured product market. It has been running since 1999...
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Issuer callable products in the retail market

UK distributor IDAD has brought to market two callable products in the last few months. These have been reviewed on the More

The decline of reverse convertibles in the US market

Back in 2007, reverse convertibles accounted for over 15% of sales in the US market, a figure which has decreased steadily in the...
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Auto-calls issuance and hedging

Auto-calls remain popular in many structured products markets for a variety of reasons. Probably the most important of these is that...
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Avoiding trading losses in a bear market

The last three months of 2018 saw severe losses in all major indices and many stocks. This type of market cycle has a significant...
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