This is the first performance report that SRP releases for the Canadian market, and it comes at an interesting time for the structured product market. The period covered by the report, from 2015 to July of this year (2020), has been eventful, including several regional crises, uncertain commodity prices, economic and political tensions, and, more recently, a global pandemic.
Welcome to the 2019/2020 edition of SRP's France Performance Report. This year again, structured products have demonstrated their value, allowing investors to combine both capital protection and optimised returns.
SRP's editorial and data teams have combed through product data for key structured product jurisdictions to examine how the market environment during the global coronavirus outbreak compares to developments after the global financial crisis of 2007/8. Markets analysed include France, South Korea and the US.
Environmental and social governance (ESG) structured products are increasingly included in investment portfolios, and no longer the domain of utopian and visionary fixed income investors seeking a ‘feel good factor’.