| Much maligned structured products are back on the investor's radar as we seek post-retirement solutions that pay a sustainable income. But should they be avoided? A structured product has a very broad definition. It's a pre-packaged product based around a series of derivatives; and really through a structured product you can get exposure to a range of different underlying assets. It could be single stocks, baskets of stocks, indices.
You can get exposure to commodities, debts, foreign exchange. It's almost a definition a little bit like hedge fund, in the fact that it's very broad brush and can really encompass a range of different underlying exposure and risk being taken as well...............................................Full Article: Source
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