SPECIAL REPORTS ARCHIVE » 2005 » STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
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“European investors are happy to take some equity risk, but only for a while” - Bernard Desforges, Société générale |
Structured products sway retail banks
01 October, 2005
Structured products’ popularity among distributors and investors may conflict with the reluctance of traditional mutual fund houses to embrace them, but the increase in offerings and demand for alternatives has made them easy to sell in the current investment climate, writes Yuri Bender
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Hybrid structures offer double the opportunities
01 October, 2005
Hybrid products offer many valuable features that help diversify and thereby stabilise performance of an investment portfolio. They also allow investors to gain exposure to a combination of traditional and alternative asset classes. Barclays Capital outline the structures on offer
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Building a more efficient portfolio
01 October, 2005
As managers are forced to put together a high performing portfolio while avoiding exposure to risk, they are seeking different investment strategies. One solution that offers diversification, potential to generate alpha and a high degree of flexibility is absolute return products. Credit Suisse Asset Management outlines the benefits
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The rise of new asset class underlyings
01 October, 2005
As investors realise the limits of traditional asset classes in producing portfolio growth, due to unclear equity market trends and low volatility, they are looking towards alternatives to diversify their investments. BNP Paribas examines the different aspects of the increasingly popular structured products market
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