StructuredProductReview.com takes a very active role in encouraging and working with the industry, including the UK Structured Product Association, to support Professional Adviser use of structured products.
In addition to being involved with industry initiatives and events, StructuredProductReview.com is pleased to provide an access point 'library' of educational materials, presentations, videos, regulatory information etc. to assist Professional Advisers.
The following links provide various industry guides to structured products – covering both general and specific issues, including information about how they work and are constructed, the benefits and advantages they can offer, as well as the risks and aspects that need to be appropriately understood and considered by Professional Advisers and investors.
In addition, our views and input are often sought by journalists writing on the subject of structured investments and we have historically written articles for various trade and consumer publications.
Here you find an archive of all such articles dating back to 2009 together with published articles discussing structured products that we neither wrote or contributed. The provision of these articles does not indicate or imply that StructuredProductReview.com sanctions, endorses or necessarily agrees with the content.
Right on time
Product focus - August 2024
Keep calm and zoom out
2,000 and counting
Consistency is key
Q2 2024 maturity results
20 years of autocall maturities
Product focus - June 2024
Fixed income or interest?
Maturities of the month - May 2024
The barrier debate - revisited
Product focus - April 2024
Maturities of the month - April 2024
Time to call
Notes on counterparty exposure
Return of Nikkei
Q1 2024 issuance
Q1 2024 maturity results
Structured products - AAAAAGH!
Annual review in focus
Hop in CIBC
Options ETFs give investors a handy edge
Re-enter Santander
2023 Issuance
How to build a financial fortune- revisited
Five-Year Performance review 2024
Monthly Analysis - January 2024
Issuance in 2023
Where's the risk?
Questionable offerings
Navigating the investment landscape
6-year autocalls approaching final destination
1,750 FTSE capital at risk autocall maturities
Q3 2023
The leopard that changed her spots
Monthly Analysis - August 2023
FTSE 100 contingent income plans
Indexing the indices
Something different
Monthly Analysis - July 2023
Investing through volatility
100 10:10's
20 years since the first autocall (kick-out)
Monthly Analysis - June 2023
The best or worst?
Empirical evidence that can not be ignored
Recognising a new approach
Monthly Analysis - May 2023
The 10%/25% 'Rule' that never was
Structured products and the yield curve
Fixed income: Capital at risk?
Monthly Analysis - April 2023
Prospects for UK inflation - and fun with A.I!
How to beat low savings account interest rates
The Barrier Debate
Monthly Analysis - March 2023
More Deposits for now
The Last of the Americans
Monthly Analysis - February 2023
Welcome Arcus
'Alpha by Contract' - the new ABC of investing?
Monthly Analysis - January 2023
What if?
Time heals all wounds, we hope...
The Proof Is In The Pudding...
Debunking Structured Misconceptions
Monthly Market Report November 2022
Why Structured Products Aren’t Yet A Mass Market
1,500 FTSE Capital-at-Risk Autocall Maturities
Q3 2022 Maturity Results
What do we prefer?
There’s time yet…
Where did you invest your clients?
A Six-Month Reflection…
Return of the Rev Con
Happy 2nd Birthday FTSE CSDI
Q2 2022 Maturity Results
The best and worst yet still the best
The cliquet payoff
Monthly Market Report June 2022
Monthly Market Report May 2022
Q1 2022 Maturity Results
Monthly Market Report April 2022
'How to build a financial fortune': a follow up
Monthly Market Report January 2022
An unwelcome return...
The Fall and Rise of Structured Products
Monthly Market Report December 2021
CSDI's First Birthday
Time for structured conversations
Bon Anniversaire
Monthly Market Report November 2021
How structured products bridged the pandemic gap
Q3 2021 Maturity Results
Blurring the lines...
Monthly Market Report September 2021
Good news, bad news...
Certainty is Certainly a Benefit
A Twenty-Year Progression
Q2 2021 Maturity Results
What is alternative?
Monthly Market Report May 2021
The Zebra Departs
Q1 2021 Maturity Results
Monthly Market Report April 2021
Morgan Stanley's Marvelous Maturity Medley
1,000 Autocalls Later
Montly Market Report March 2021
A tale of two Januarys
Monthly Market Report February 2021
Q4 2020 Maturity Results
Monthly Market Report January 2021
Where are they now?
SPs: Need; Evidence; & USPs
UKSPA Monthly Market Report December 2020
Silencing the critics
A new market innovation
Something different
Keeping the Black Swan at Bay
UKPSA Monthly Market Report November 2020
Q3 Maturity Results
You win some, you lose very few...
FTSE CSDI Index Comparison
UKSPA Monthly Market Report October 2020
Many happy returns!
ESG structured products: a poisoned apple?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report September
Impossible to ignore
'Corona Crash'
UKSPA Monthly Market Report August
The Pursuit of Happiness
The 10% / 25% 'Rule' that never was
2020 Q2 Maturity Review
UKSPA Monthly Market Report July 2020
Where are you investing your clients now?
When should common sense prevail?
Making the right calls?
The Divi Wears Prada
UKSPA Monthly Market Report June 2020
FTSE Autocalls - plotting the recovery
New decade - new approach to investing?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report May 2020
2020 Q1 Sector Review
Where the value is
The First Casualties
The merit in the extended term...
UKSPA Monthly Market Report April 2020
If not now, then when?
Not a barrier in sight...
UKSPA Monthly Market Report March 2020
The barrier debate
UKSPA Monthly Market Report February 2020
'Boris bounce'
What's on the menu?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report January 2020
2019: The good, the bad and the ugly
Milestone! 1,000 compelling examples
UKSPA Monthly Market Report December 2019
No nasty surprises...
Protecting yourself in volatile times
In the wake of the Woodford fiasco...
UKSPA Monthly Market Report November 2019
10 for the 10:10
UKSPA Monthly Market Report October 2019
Q3 2019 structured product maturity results
Triple rollover for the 10:10
UKSPA Monthly Market Report September 2019
Have no fear, the 10-year term is here!
Nick Johal: Protecting from pound cost ravaging
Follow the evidence
Mariana Capital 10:10 Plan
Counterparty risk in structured investments
UKSPA Monthly Market Report August 2019
Mariana 10:10 Plan July 2016 Maturity
Trouble Ahead
Q2 Maturity Results
UKSPA Monthly Market Report July 2019
A brief overview of structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report June 2019
Mariana 10:10 Plan May 2016 Maturity
What makes an income plan attractive?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report May 2019
Q1 Maturity Results
Structured Deposits and Saving
UKSPA Monthly Market Report April 2019
Another win for 10:10
Is it time to revisit structured products
The Evolution of Plan Terms
All Good Things
Infographic: March
Structured Solutions
UKSPA Monthly Market Report March 2019
The Colour Purple
UKSPA Monthly Market Report February 2019
Memento Mori
10:10 Plan: 100% Record Maintained
FTSE 100 Autocall Index: February 2019 Analysis
The Four Seasons: Winter
Breaching the capital protection barrier
Structured Products Annual Performance Review
Structured Products in the Black
Structured products shine during volatile times
Innovative 10:10 proving its worth
Structured Products in the Mail on Sunday
UKSPA Monthly Market Report January 2019
Ethical Structured Products?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report December 2018
Volatility Good News for Structured Products
Credit Risk in Structured Products Today
Looking to Diversify?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report November 2018
Wind in its sails
The Four Seasons: Autumn
Perceptions of Probability
Ten out of Ten for 10:10
Why it's worth revisiting structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report October 2018
Structured Product Collateralisation
Why the 2%
UKSPA Newsletter September 2018
The Auto Put
Meet the cast
Structured Product Performance Holds Firm
34.5% per year, imagine that!
UKSPA Monthly Market Report August 2018
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - July 2018
Dura Capital Q&A
Structured Deposits: Part II
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - June 2018
Uncertain about the Future?
Leigh Fisher: Are you a good manager?
Are Deep Defensive Products Worth the Price?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - May 2018
My Kingdom for an Autocall!
Q1 Structured Product Maturity Data
UKSPA Monthly Market report - April 2018
Milestone!
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - March 2018
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - February 2018
Structured Product Annual Review 2018
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - January 2018
MiFID II and Structured Products - LEIs
Income/Auto-call Products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - December 2017
How high will the bull run?
FTSE 150
Fears as structured products make a comeback
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - November 2017
Correlation: Single Index vs Dual Index
Q3 Structured Product Maturity Data
First Impressions on Structured Products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - October 2017
Happy with a 76% gain
Ten things you should know about PRIIPs
American or European Barrier?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - September 2017
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - August 2017
Clearing the Hurdle
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - July 2017
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - June 2017
Far From Just a Basket Case
Quarter One Maturity Results
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - May 2017
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - April 2017
Should you buy a structured product in 2017?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - March 2017
"The best plan of the year to date"
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - February 2017
Structured products reap positive returns
What is the safe withdrawal rate from pensions?
Ian Lowes: Reality check
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - January 2017
UKSPA Monthly Market Report December 2016
Brockman: In defence of structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report November 2016
Defensive Products in Uncertain Times
A year to remember
Income for Gold?
PRIIPs needs structured product tailoring
UKSPA Monthly Market Report September 2016
Preferred Plans at a glance
The role of behavioural economics in KIIDs
Priips – the final countdown
UKSPA Monthly Market Report August 2016
Straight A's for 10:10
Structured Products: A lifeboat in rough seas?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report July 2016
Provider Q&A
Structured products' unseen enemy
A Share of Underperformance
Structural problems
UKSPA Monthly Market Report June 2016
An Effective Barrier
Alternative options for savers' cash
The world of structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report May 2016
Wealth firm launches structured product MPS
Open Your Mind
3, 2, 1, Pension
UKSPA Monthly Market Report March 2016
Choose structured products for security
Provider Q&A
A Unique Way to Protect Your Money
UKSPA Monthly Market Report January 2016
UKSPA Monthly Market Report December 2015
French structured products provider enters UK
UKSPA Monthly Market Report November 2015
Lowes rolls out 10:10 plan mark II
Beat stormy markets with structured products
Introducing the 10:10 Plan
UKSPA Monthly Market Report October 2015
It’s time to welcome back structured products
Newcastle adviser launches new investment hub
Lowes hub launches plan offering 12.5% a year
Adviser lauches structured investments hub
How structured products may suit investors
Introducing Lowes Structured Investment Centre
Is the structured product market too crowded?
Structured Products: Then and Now
UKSPA Monthly Market Report September 2015
Lessons learned from Keydata - FT Adviser
Trade body launches structured product indices
UKSPA Monthly Market Report August 2015
Jargon Busting: Structured products
How advisers want structured products to improve
New product rules will cause IFA 'headaches'
Passive investing: Time to go for growth?
Passive investing: time to go for growth?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report July 2015
Structured products v absolute return funds
Lowes fund comes ashore
Moneywise Investment guide: structured products
Structured products: Weatherproofing options
Investment guide: structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report June 2015
‘Ring-fence to protect customers’: Lowes
The Impact of Q.E. on the Eurozone
Changes to StructuredProductReview.com
The danger of assumptions on structured products
How to analyse a structured product
How to analyse a structured product
UKSPA Monthly Market Report May 2015
We need your help to save the giraffe
Something Ventured, Nothing Gained
Specialist defends structured products
UKSPA Monthly Market Report April 2015
Autocall maturities intriguing
Auto-call Maturities in the Last Six Years
Structured prods overhaul call
What is a structured product
Indexing the index products!
UKSPA Monthly Market Report March 2015
Auto-calls versus GARS
Structured Products: 10 terms you need to know
Auto-call maturities comparison
Risk rating launch for UK structured products
Gosling's Grouse: Know your ratings
Introducing the UKSPA Risk Ratings
UKSPA Monthly Market Report February 2015
IFA structured product knowledge
Infographic
Verbatim structured deposits move
Performance of Maturity Products in 2014
Market awareness of structured products
Subscription Service
Monthly Market Report
The complexity argument on structured products
Calling all ‘experts’
Introducing the new UKSPA product codes
15.5% per annum - That'll do nicely!
Structured Products can boost your returns
Why Wealthy Clients Love Structured Products
Bullish or Bearish or just not sure?
Call for platforms to offer structured products
Platform & Structured Products Survey Results
Equity gains help structured product returns
Adviser’s investment website hits 10,000 users
Structured products: Following the market
Counterparty Risk: Striking the Balance
Structured products: Following the market
UKSPA Monthly Market Report - October 2014
Happy with another 50% gain
Are your savings working for you?
UKSPA Monthly Market Report September 2014
Demand Solutions In Short Supply
Introducing protection into your portfolio
Volatility versus risk
Q&As with Eve Berlinska
Q&As with Thomas Hughes
Maturing structured products returned 5% in Q2
5 X Leverage – sane or insane?
Mariana to provide Gilliat structured products
How to create a portfolio of structured products
Structured products: Benefit of hindsight
StructuredProductReview.com playing FIDO
Letter: Foggy thinking on structured products
Understanding Central Bank Action
The FTSE rose 4pc, our bond rose 12pc'
Responding to Criticisms
Mystery Shopper: Rochester
Structured Products: the Rocks of Ages Past?
Reasons to reconsider Structured Products
Clearing the fog over structured products
If it’s good enough for Warren Buffet’s wife…
European Equity Markets Assessed
Structured Products - Risk is Back
Understanding structure of structure products
Performance Review
Revolution or Evolution?
Structured products to buy today
Structured products: Smooth operators
Revisiting Structured Education
Welcome to World of Complex Financial Products
Why tapering will lead US risk assets lower
Structured Products - maturity nicely
Structured Products - Maturing Nicely
Japan's 'new normal' gathers pace
A Touch of Reality
Structured Products deliver healthy returns
Gosling’s Grouse: A need for structure
Positive Start
Structured Products: A class apart from the rest
Viewpoint: Time to get defensive?
Deflation risks in Europe
Structured products are hitting the mark
Using Shares in Structures
The deposit conundrum
How to manage volatility in your portfolio
Back to the Future
L&G launches four structured products
Retail investors (Risk.net, 5 December 2013)
Structured Deficit
The case for multiple underlyings
Future uncertainty and structured products
A way to boost yield in flat markets
Balancing headline rates with counterparty risk
Former L&G head Harrington joins Lowes Group
A Sisyphean task?
When 1 became 2
A brighter future?
Real investing for todays investor
Balancing Income and Risk
Awards only work with user input
A birthday retrospective look forward
SocGen launches structured product range
Advisers look to sound structure
The dangers of generalising
Blended Portfolio of Structured Products
Its Only an Excuse
Now we really are in it together...
Structured product rates fall
Using Structured Products for income
Spring 2013 Survey Results
Esma: Structured products are 'risky'
Constructing a Kick Out plan
On the Defensive
Is there any value in structured products?
It's not just about Autocalls
Lifting the bonnet on structured product design
Dispelling myths about structured products
Further commentary on Reyker/Merchant Capital
Back to the future....
A recent loss within my portfolio
Gary Dale: RDR confusion reigns
Launch Pad: Structured Products
Structured Products: Four risks to watch out for
Structured products: three pros and three cons
Barclays and L&G in Structured Products tie-up
Structured Products - A useful tool for many
Not what Sir Winston had in mind...
Apollo speaks up for structured products
Morgan Stanley Returns
Structured Products. So whats changed post RDR?
What difference has RDR made to structures?
Defensive Structures and when to employ them
Advisers are not looking deeply enough, says L&G
Derivatives = Risk = Complexity
RDR may boost structured product returns
Lowes IFA hooks up portfolio tool with SPwrap
2013: A time to look at Structured Deposits
Structured products become simpler
Ongoing Education
Platforms to offer structured products
Structured products - January 2013
What are the FSA’s rules on structured products?
New row over structured product returns
Plans in the new RDR World
Structured Product Education
Time for structured products to plug in?
Barclays to close Woolwich Plan Managers
Advisers in the Current Climate
Structured products gain a platform
SPwrap in tie-up with Cofunds
Barclays Wealth unveils post-RDR advice charges
How to get the most out of structured products
Choosing the right charging structure post RDR
Christian Gardner: Lest we forget
The FSA ‘rule’ that never was
Technical structured product education for IFAs
Video: what is a geared return plan (part two)?
Video: what is a geared return plan?
UK Structured Products Conferences October 2012
A Case for Cash
Structured product plans ‘are dead’ – Meteor
Time to strip away the stereotypes
It's time to give structured products a chance
Lowes: Know your counterparty
The pros and pitfalls of structured products
An appeal for moderate commentators
The improving perception of structured products
Using averaging within structured products
FA Educational Seminar: Structured Products
Structured Investments Presentation
The real risks of structured products?
Roadshows to educate on structured products
What if…?
Morningstar debating structured product sectors
The derivative red herring
Bad Reputation (IFA Online, 28 June 2012)
Structured Products: Not so much of a mystery
A personal take on structured products
Restructured products add accessibility
Credit Default Swaps
Structured products for flat markets
Eurozone banks back 14% of structured products
Making the Most Out of the Current Climate
IFAs ‘need more clarity on RDR status’
Structured products: Ever reliable returns?
Structured product use set to grow in 2012
Asset TV: Structured Products
Will there be just too much to know?
The outsider asset class?
Alternative Delivery Mechanisms
The great structured products comeback
Sales of structured products soar
Structured Products: There's no 'i' in team
Credit Default Swaps
What's 'Smart Beta' all about
2012: A Rough Road Ahead?
Time for another Debunking
Defensive Structures and When to Employ Them
The Myth of the Homemade Structured Product
Assessing the suitability of Structured Products
Conjecture Debate
Cash vs Structured Deposits
Structured products in the "new normal"
Risks and Awards
Full Capital Protection vs. Soft Protection
Depth of Understanding
Tax Efficient Wrappers
Structured Products: An Education
Counterparty Risk Revisited
Finding Value in a Hippo Market
The FSCP and Straightforward Outcome Products
Bespoke Structured Investment Solutions
Lehman backed Structured Product returns a gain
"Guarantee" Avoided - Guaranteed
Too good to be true?
PRIPs is a Recipe for Confusion
Portfolio Construction
Are we over complicating structured products?
Staying Wealthy
Fees
Kick Out Plans: Why invest in them?
Classical designs that dont go out of season
Structured Product Debate Progresses
Structural Risk (Money Marketing, 14 April 2011)
No Umbrella in a Hurricane?
Structured Products: What They Can Offer
Structured Funds
Taking stock of structured products
Capital Protection: Making a Comeback?
2011 Structured Product Outlook
Investing for Income Using Structured Products
Structured products in an interventionist world
Multiple Underlyings in Structured Investments
Some Questions
A hedge against inflation
Who Needs a View?
Time for a rethink on Structured Products
A Positive Outlook
Structured Product Liquidity
Lowes backs FSA crackdown on investments tools
A New Reality?
Product Design in a Challenging Environment
Education, Education, Education
Product pricing and the RDR
Are we going soft?
Are structured Products right for your clients?
Structured Products and Emerging Markets
Structured Product Review
Structured Products vs. Unit Trusts
Bang! On target
Counterparty Risk: Striking the Balance
Independence is indeed a benefit
ETF Survey: Not so simple
Should your firm ban Structured Product advice?
What Hedge for Inflation?
The Happiness Curve
Structural Link (Financial Adviser, 8 July 2010)
World Cup Infects Structured Products
Attention to Detail, Communication and Education
IFAs, Transparency and Product Providers
Quantifying the Value
Structured Retail Products
The highs and Lowes (Risk.net, 11 May 2010)
Structured Education
Time in the Markets...revisited (Part III)
The benefits of Collateralisation
Marmite or Structured Products?
Building Awareness of Structured Products
Discusses the creation of Structured Products
The Autocall Payoff
Lehmans – One year on: Ian Lowes’ view
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