Paul Burgin looks at how autocalls can complement investors' portfolios
Autocall products are increasingly popular with investors, advisers and product providers and should be judged on investors’ comfort, not on missed opportunities. Autocalls, also known as kick-out plans, have captured a large part of the structured product market in recent years. Product providers use them to offer higher payoffs than other SPs that automatically run to a full term. Advisers are using them to generate double-digit returns and provide portfolio diversification. Autocalls pay out a defined return providing a predefined event takes place. A simple FTSE-based product m...
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