As the UK market celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first autocall payoff structure, evidence supports the value of this investment product as an addition to any investor portfolio.
Ian Lowes (pictured) , managing director at Lowes Financial Management and founder of StructuredProductReview – a specialist portal for professional advisers, noted in a research report that the autocall structure is not just “a reliable investment option regularly overlooked by financial advisers” but also “the most successful retail investments of the 21st century”. Autocalls became the go to product among investors and providers as a result of the low rates envi