Not as many good values in this month's survey. Still, the results show that there are good values out there. A terminology is defined to describe the payment features of the structures in this and in ...

Many fiduciaries have greatly expanded the types of investments they use in portfolios, thanks to the freedom afforded by widespread adoption during the past two decades of both the Uniform Prudent ...

Are you looking for an investment to diversify your portfolio? Structured products have a unique pricing model and can expose your portfolio to certain markets while mitigating some of the risks. They ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech and strategic finance ...

After a decade of near-zero interest rates smothering debt yields, a global pandemic that halted global supply chains, and a reopening that spurred red-hot inflation, investors would be forgiven for ...

Structured notes are linked to a reference asset, the most common being equities but they can also cover various indices, interest rates, and currency, commodity, or property markets, as a few ...

Structured products debate: presents a range of new challenges for providers and distributors of structured notes. Representatives of leading structured products houses discuss those challenges, and ...

Securitization has gotten a bad reputation lately. But the securitization process—taking debt and pooling it into a derivative whose value is based on the underlying assets—was meant to reduce risk.

Structured products, also called structured notes, are customized versions of existing investments. A recent example is this offering from Morgan Stanley MS. Sold in June 2022, the company’s ...

Structured financial products are engineered instruments that blend elements of traditional assets with derivative components, thereby offering customised risk–return profiles. These products are ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...