Alternative investments do not correlate with the stock market and can produce gains when the overall market is down. Structured notes are one of the available alternative investments. These ...

SPi data shows the structured note market reached $194 billion in 2024, a milestone that underscores how quickly these products are moving into broader advisor use. But as adoption accelerates, the ...

The popularity of structured products associated with the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index, often denoted by the ticker SPXFP, has skyrocketed. Last year, issuance increased by 48% to $3.5 billion, ...

More investment advisors are finding a place in their clients’ portfolios for structured notes, according to leading alts provider CAIS. In a statement Thursday, CAIS said it’s registered a spike in ...

The alternative investments platform, YieldStreet has just launched two new structured note portfolios to its list of investment offerings. Structured notes are hybrid securities that are issued as ...

At first glance, a laddered approach to structured notes or buffered ETFs may seem like a strategy to manage risk and smooth returns over time. However, the accumulation of embedded gains, increased ...

Structured notes are hybrid instruments that combine a bond component with an embedded derivative component, offering unique risk management and portfolio construction options. Structured notes are ...

While the vast majority of financial advisors have incorporated liquid alternative investments into their clients' portfolios, they may be ignoring one illiquid opportunity in the current environment.

The latest trend sweeping through wealthtech is providing independent advisors with digital access to structured investments. But some worry they may be overly simplifying the complex, expensive and ...

Question: We have over $500,000 invested with a certified financial planner (CFP) we like — most of it in very safe bonds to generate a little income. We are also into structured notes that generate ...

“People are struggling with the categorizations of complex and non-complex instruments,” says Anders Malm, a partner with Stockholm-based law firm Oreum, which provides legal advice and services to ...