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What is a structured product?
A structured product is an investment vehicle that allows an investor to purchase a single instrument, gaining exposure to a range of underlying assets.
The result is a customised investment that is designed to either reduce exposure to falls, while retaining potential for returns, or to maximise the benefit from a flat or rising market.
How do structured products work?
When you buy a structured product, you are buying an investment vehicle whose underlying assets can be customised to suit the desired return profile and can provide either income, capital growth or a combination of both.
By virtue of this customisation, each structured product will have unique underlying assets. However, the majority will combine multiple underlying investments, most often:
This combination of bonds and derivatives can be structured to provide either a fixed or variable return for the investor, which may be received as cash, or transferred as instruments (such as shares) to the structured note holder at maturity.
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