11 Jun 2025
Inverse autocallable BRCs: playing the downside
Inverse autocallable barrier reverse convertibles are one example of inverse or bearish products that are designed to offer attractive returns if the underlying asset declines.
14 May 2025
Beyond individual products: structured ETFs, funds and accounts
Funds and SMAs are increasingly gaining traction with investors as they offer a diversified portfolio across risk, underlyings and issuers.
20 Nov 2024
Analysis: structured products linked to mutual funds
Most equity structured products are linked to indices, often well-known benchmarks such as the S&P 500, Eurostoxx 50 or FTSE 100.
09 Oct 2024
UK maturities deliver in Q3, autocalls prevail
FVC’s Suzi Hampson reviews UK maturities in the third quarter of 2024
28 Aug 2024
Analysis: volatility-controlled indices
FVC’s Suzi Hampson examines why volatility controlled indices are an integral part of the structured products universe.
05 Jun 2024
Insights: understanding product versus underlying performance
The strength of structured products is their ability to reshape risk-return profiles away from linear outcomes.
04 Jun 2024
Insights: understanding product versus underlying performance
The strength of structured products is their ability to reshape risk-return profiles away from linear outcomes.
10 Apr 2024
StructrPro: US market preference for indices remains strong, issuance fluctuates due to trends and conditions
We look at trends in issuance, maturities and returns across index-linked products in the US market.
14 Feb 2024
StructrPro: falling underlyings
The underlying exposure and the payoff structure are two of the key elements of structured products seeking to invest in the market. But when markets go south protection comes to the fore as a critical feature to minimise the impact of falling underlyings.
13 Feb 2024
StructrPro: falling underlyings
The underlying exposure and the payoff structure are two of the key elements of structured products seeking to invest in the market. But when markets go south protection comes to the fore as a critical feature to minimise the impact of falling underlyings.
07 Dec 2023
Flip-flop products – the rise of callable fixed income structures
The recent rise in interest rates has fundamentally changed the retail structured products market over the last couple of years.
06 Dec 2023
Flip-flop products – the rise of callable fixed income structures
The recent rise in interest rates has fundamentally changed the retail structured products market over the last couple of years.