Should your firm ban structured product advice?

Structured products continue to polarise the independent financial advice sector, with detractors wary of potential losses in case of defaults and supporters saying many confuse investment risk and counterparty risk. The collapse of Keydata, NDF and other providers did nothing to improve the image of structured products. Yet the investments continue to sell in huge quantities. According to www.srpadviser.com, total structured product sales were £14.4bn last year. So far in 2010, 754 products have been launched and gathered inflows of £9.46bn. Deposits have now taken over from medium-t...