An all time high

The growing sophistication of the structured product market is seeing it fast develop into a key tool for advisers when planning their client's asset allocation strategies. Whereas fund sales have been falling, demand for structured products is at an all time high. They attracted a record-breaking £7.8bn in the UK last year and experts predict this to increase in 2008. Investors' nervousness about the global economic outlook has, of course, been a significant short-term factor behind their growth in popularity. However, the increased take-up of more flexible retirement planning strategi...