FTSE 100
FVC review: Investec’s five-year FTSE growth plan
Capital-protected product will use averaging to calculate final returns
Startpoint offers lock-in and 60% barrier on FTSE basket
Basket performance is multiplied by 2.5 and returns are uncapped
Market snapshot: SG more than doubles UK issuance
Investec continues to lead UK issuance, but with smaller market share
Morgan Stanley offers a cautious kickout in the UK
Defensive autocall on FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50 includes European barrier
Cube offers platform options and bespoke volatility analysis
Supertracker and autocallable structured notes sold as equity replacement
Morgan Stanley offers two ways to profit on FTSE 100
Index-based product structured to limit upside and protect downside
Market snapshot: Investec leads UK product issuance in May
FTSE regains ground as appetite for multiple underlyings falls
UK providers keep the faith with capital-at-risk products
FTSE stays favourite in UK but is used less often as single underlying
Gilliat offers three ways to play international markets
New internationalists
Morgan Stanley's 2013 maturity structured products deliver healthy returns
Six Morgan Stanley retail products maturing in 2013 produced annualised returns of 11–14%, while the bank's worst-performing growth products came in flat to the market
UK's Tier One Capital seeks secondary structured products
Listed products are secondary nature at Tier One Capital
Focus Structured Solutions makes debut in UK structured products
Credit Suisse distributor launches three UK structured products with 60% European barriers
Meteor offers dual index kickout based on RBC credit risk
Dual index kickout
Gilliat targets UK expats with structured products
Ditching the safety belt
Mariana Capital makes its UK structured products debut
Mariana makes its UK debut
Institutional investors hold their nerve despite emerging markets sell-off
In the face of multi-billion-dollar outflows from emerging markets-based exchange-traded funds, structured product providers say this is merely the departure of 'hot money' rather than a new trend. Jonathan López reports
Reyker adds Euro Stoxx exposure to latest UK autocall
Adding European excitement
SG launches UK Four series as survey shows investors expect 7% from FTSE 100
Investors believe 7% is a reasonable return for investing in FTSE 100 but many think it is unrealistic, says survey, prompting Société Générale to launch the UK Four series that aims to exceed expectations with annual returns of up to 10%
StartPoint lures UK investors with FTSE and UK stock autocallable
A starting point
Legal & General links up with Barclays and adds Cofunds to the mix
A partnership with Barclays and a move to buy the Cofunds electronic platform is helping to put Legal & General on the UK map for structured products. L&G's James Harrington talks to Vita Millers about the challenges of distributing products in the…
Smart beta strategies: too clever by half?
The rise of smart beta
Meteor defensive autocall links to FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50
Meteor Asset Management is offering the newly popular defensive autocallable to UK investors, linked to the FTSE 100 and the Euro Stoxx 50. The product's American barrier has been set at a relatively safe distance from the strike levels