Following our recent article on high performing popular underlying assets in the US equity structured products market, we now look at the other end of the performance table, concentrating on those that have had the lowest performance over the past year.

Underlying performance (index, stock or other asset class) is a key driver of product returns. Structured products are often positioned as a lower risk way of gaining exposure to underlyings. By looking more closely at product performance for those underlyings that have not performed well over a period it will be interesting to see if the structured products provide protection to investors compared to direct investment in the underlyings. The performance statistics shown here were taken from th

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