Many of you may have heard about so-called structured products, which are usually sold by banks to clients with a decent amount of capital (sometimes, to ...

Securitization has gotten a bad reputation lately. But the securitization process—taking debt and pooling it into a derivative whose value is based on the underlying assets—was meant to reduce risk.

Are you looking for an investment to diversify your portfolio? Structured products have a unique pricing model and can expose your portfolio to certain markets while mitigating some of the risks. They ...

The Structured Products market makes up nearly $11 trillion of U.S. public and private bond market debt. Banks employ financial engineering to transform a variety of assets, such as residential and ...

DEPENDING on whom you talk to, structured products are either clever ways of hedging specific portfolio risks or another demon from Wall Street. As vehicles that use derivatives to protect or enhance ...

Stocks and bonds might not be enough to meet client expectations of their portfolios right now. That’s the worry that’s on the minds of advisors—and it’s leaving room for designers and distributors of ...

(MoneyWatch) Over the past decade, structured investment products, also known as equity- or index-linked notes, have become increasingly common in the portfolios of retail investors. And this is not ...

Structured notes are hybrid instruments that combine a bond component with an embedded derivative component, offering unique risk management and portfolio construction options. Structured notes are ...

THE STRUCTURED PRODUCTS business is enjoying a strong renaissance after being virtually wiped out during the financial crisis. According to StructuredRetailProducts.com, there are now $1.3 trillion of ...

Detailed analysis of structure No. 8 from the March survey. Results detail why this is expected to be a good investment. Link at the end provides a data file that should be of use in helping you ...