Investors’ appetite for risk is returning as they look to take advantage of rises in global stock markets, and they are turning to simple structured products as a way to gain exposure, writes Ceri Jones

Investors are showing a renewed interest in structured solutions, but are now looking for simpler and more transparent products with shorter maturities than they would have gone for in the past, writes Elliot Smither

Many investors in structured products used to pay little attention to the risk of the underlying issuer, but the collapse of Lehman Brothers has led to an increased focus on counterparty credit quality

Responsible innovation in the structured products market can give more choice to investors, writes Giuseppe di Stani, allowing them to decide on the levels of risk they wish to take on

Risk management need not mean elaborate and expensive control programmes, explains Carl Hanssens, but it must start with open and honest dialogue between upper and line management

Disappointment with the performance of active funds, along with the lower fees charged by passive investments have seen ETFs become a vehicle of choice for many private clients, writes Ceri Jones

As global market volatility reaches extreme levels and most asset classes suffer heavy losses, bankers are engaged in the arduous work of finding Sharia-compliant ways to offer companies and investors some protection, writes Philip Alexander

They may have recieved a bad press recently but some believe that structured products have been unfairly lumped in with other failing investment vehicles and that they can still offer solutions to complex problems, writes Nat Mankelow