Defined payouts and low vol underlyings can add value to retirement portfolios but comparability becomes harder when each product have their own customised index.

Structured products have become viable strategies for managing retirement risk and are playing an increasingly visible role in the retirement income styles framework. With the traditional investment theory, like modern portfolio theory, asset classes have a bell curve distribution where there is symmetry – you are exposed to losses, potential gains and so forth - Prof. Wade Pfau SRP spoke to Wade Pfau (pictured) , professor of practice, The American College of Financial Services, about

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