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

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

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