Funds Focus

With investors continuing to consider alternative investments in their portfolios, the structured product space has flourished. Our mission is to provide you with a useful framework in which to assess the new product offerings.

Capital protected products remain the most popular choice for investors as the downside risks are quantifiable. We have covered the popular products in our past newsletters and we continue to up date our reviews in our “At a Glance” comparison table.

Structured

In our March 2010 issue we discussed the increasing prevalence of volatility overlays in structured products. Investor participation in the growth/loss of the underlying investment decreases as volatility goes up and increases as volatility goes down. This results in a lower product costs as the issuer does not have to bear the cost of hedging when volatility is high, and therefore costly.
Comparing volatility overlays
It should come as no surprise that not all volatility overlays are equal

Melbourne Cup 2010 – Analysts View

Melbourne Cup 2010
An analysts view of this year’s horses

Fun for the Melbourne Cup. An analysts view of the Melbourne Cup means that its not about who’s going to win, but who will provide the best bang for your buck.

Macquarie’s track record is impressive but RBS Morgans have an excellent record as investment analysts.

Who will prove to be the better racing analyst this year? And will an analytical view prove more beneficial than the flick of