Significantly more than half of German investors pursue medium- to long-term investment strategies with structured products.

Some 55.6% of German investors hold structured securities in their portfolio for longer than 12 months, according to the latest ‘Trend of the Month’ survey conducted in July by the German association for structured securities ( Bundesverband für Strukturierte Wertpapiere or BSW). Investors who put money into structured securities generally do so with strategic intent -  Christian Vollmuth, BSW Just over 18% of investors have an investment horizon of between six and 12 m