South Africa: structured products have ‘sleep easy’ factor

Although still relatively small in terms of retail flows in the market, the structured product industry in South Africa is growing slowly but steadily, according to panellists of the Under the bonnet of structured financial products discussion, which was broadcasted on South African news channel Business Day TV on 23 September. Sometimes it almost feels like cheating - Melissa Dyer “The problem with structured products is that they are not the traditional unit trusts or shares,”