The structured products market is smaller and very different to how it looked in its pre-crisis days but these vehicles still have a role to play in client portfolios
Structured products

Yield hunger drives structured note growth
Private wealth managers are once again turning to structured products in order to boost yield and provide access to equity markets, while offering some downside protection
Opportunities opening up in time of distress
Distressed prices are creating interesting opportunities in private credit, but clients need to be reminded that it takes a while for these investments to bear fruit
Structuring solutions to market volatility
Volatility is making traditional vanilla structured products too expensive, but there is rising demand for auto-callables which bring both upside and protection
The next generation of custom indices
Frank Copplestone, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, looks at how the range of custom indices available from structured product providers has evolved over recent years to reflect the changing needs of investors
Are structured products back on the table for private clients?
Having been hit hard by the fallout from the financial crisis, what role do structured products have in private client portfolios? PWM invited eight leading figures to debate the state of the market.
Structured products back in the limelight
With investors’ confidence returning in recent months, appetite for structured products, which were almost fatally wounded by the financial crisis, is on the rise

Renewed appetite for structured solutions as worries disappear
With equity based investments back in demand, structured products are once again attracting investors, although concerns about liquidity mean transparency and simplicity are at a premium, writes Ceri Jones.

Backlash against hedge fund-linked structured products
Clients concerned with liquidity and transparency are shying away from structured products based on hedge funds, reports Ceri Jones, while a desire to particpate in rising markets has led to a resurgence in equity linked structures

Time to think, talk and walk like an investment industry
Following the regulatory review of the structured product industry in the UK, the collective responsibility of providers and advisers must now be focusing on a client-centric and portfolio-driven approach to using structured investments, writes Chris Taylor
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