structured products Archives

18 Aug 2023

Knowledge is power when it comes to using structured products

By Staff Writer

Structured products have come a long way. From a specialised, exotic investment tool, they are now mainstream, and financial advisers are now more comfortable about investing in them on behalf of clients. As the acceptance of structured products has grown, so has the need to keep clients informed about their role in an investment portfolio...

21 Sep 2022

Investec launches defensive structured product designed for volatile markets

By Staff Writer

The new Investec Global Select Dividend 100 Geared Growth structured product is currently open for investment.

06 Jul 2022

Structured products deliver the goods in turbulent times

By Staff Writer

Structured equity products have proven to be a popular method for investors to earn returns and manage their downside risks against bouts of volatility.

01 Feb 2022

Africa’s largest Alternative Investment Conference – 25 March 2022

By Staff Writer

The next conference will be showcasing a number of the market’s leading alternative investment fund managers.

03 Dec 2021

Best of Both Worlds

By Staff Writer

Absa’s range of structured solutions offers an attractive mix of capital protection and access to various asset class exposures. How do they work, and what role could they play in your clients’ investment portfolios?

24 Feb 2021

Autocall gives access to the world’s top value stocks

By Staff Writer

As many as 60% of investors are actively looking to change their investment approach in response to how markets have recalibrated to the Covid-19 pandemic.

29 Oct 2020

Looming US elections has SA investors looking for guarantees in their investments

By Staff Writer

By: Fareeya Adam, Head of Retail Product Solutions at Momentum Investments Achieving high-risk returns and retaining the certainty of guarantees is possible Will Trump serve a second term or is this Biden’s race to win? Predicting election results and the market’s reaction to it is a futile exercise, but our brains are hard-wired to seek...

10 Jun 2020

Borderless banking, for people who think without borders

By Staff Writer

By: Erik Olwagen, Head: Sales and Distribution, International Personal Banking, Standard Bank One of the many lessons that we can take away from the COVID-19 pandemic is how easily we, as society, can be shaken up when facing extreme uncertainty. Our freewheeling days may be over for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean we...

09 Jun 2020

Investing in sustainability in volatile times

By Staff Writer

Taking up exposure to equities through a structured product is an option

10 Feb 2020

Standard Bank wins big at Structured Products Awards 2020

By Janice Roberts

Standard Bank has won three awards at the Structured Products & Derivatives Awards 2020 held in London.

11 Oct 2019

Investors struggling to find returns and protect their capital in unusual climate

By Janice Roberts

Extremely low or negative yields in global markets, along with developed market equities at close to record highs, make it challenging for investors to generate meaningful returns or even protect their capital. We live in unusual times in the markets. Having nursed itself back to health after the global financial crisis 10 years...

05 Jul 2019

Reducing risk through specialised investments

By Janice Roberts

Investors looking to mitigate the downside risks in their portfolios no longer need to rely on traditional diversification strategies to achieve their goals. In times of heightened uncertainty, investors are constantly on the lookout for ways to reduce risk in their portfolios, while striving to still achieve their long-term investment goals.