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Why Structured Products?
Through turbulent markets traditional
investments such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds have
proven less efficient investment mechanisms and investors
are more focused on products that produce absolute returns
regardless of the market direction.
Tailor made solutions for your requirements.
Capital Guarantees combined with the potential
for unlimited returns ensure efficient and optimum portfolio
allocation.
Diversification of your investment portfolio
in ensuring indirect exposure to Equity, FI, FX and/
or AI.
Importance of Diversification
The investment community as a whole is still underinvested
in commodities,'' Kevin Norrish, analyst at Barclays
Capital, the securities unit of London-based Barclays
Plc.
Pension funds and other money mangers boosted holdings
of commodities as the asset class outperformed stocks
and bonds, and the dollar fell to a record low against
the euro. Prices for oil, wheat and gold climbed to
all-time highs this year.
The Astmax Commodity Index, the best-performing commodity
index of those tracked by Bloomberg, climbed 14 percent
in the first quarter, while the Standard & Poor's
500 Index of stocks declined 9.9 percent. U.S. Treasuries
have returned investors 2.6 percent in the period, according
to Merrill Lynch & Co. indexes.
Investments in funds tracking commodity indexes rose
by $14 billion to $139 billion, while holdings in exchange-traded
commodity products grew by almost $7 billion to $45.8
billion, Barclays said. Such products allow investors
to replicate the gains and declines in the prices of
a selection of commodities without owning them.
More than $4 billion was invested in so-called structured
products linked to commodities, the bank said. Such
products are tailor-made securities designed for clients
when standardized contracts and indexes won't fulfill
their needs, or when investors
are restricted from using derivatives to gain access
to a particular asset class.
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Optimal Allocation of Capital
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