Into the mainstream

Structured products have largely delivered on their promise to offer protection, but continued evolution is necessary

Only one thing is certain when trying to predict how the UK structured product marketplace will look 15 years from now – it will not resemble its appearance today. New assets will be used as bases for products, structurers say. The range of vehicles used to deliver them will broaden. And investors may benefit from the development of secondary market trading. Last year there were 214 UK retail structured products, according to anlaysts Future Value Consultants. Peers Arete Consulting say last year they held £43bn. This was a jump, in both cases, from 2005, when 103 UK products holding ...