Despite losses across markets and asset classes as a result of the recent market crash, investors in structured products continue to benefit from downside protection – something no other investment products offers, as well as different ways to extract value when markets are dislocated.
SRP spoke to Dominic Laurin (pictured) , market-linked product manager at Desjardins in Canada , about the benefits its range of Optimal Start structured products offer retail investors in the current market environment. According to Laurin, the main feature of the Optimal Start is simple - the payoff strikes at the lowest daily observation during the first year of holding ( i e a floating-strike lookback) , the most appealin