Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. This week the question comes from Mina. “I would love to get your view on Structured products like the ones being offered by sequoia. Is the risk worth the return?” Great question – thanks Mina - this episode is not investment advice – general nature - Structured products – A structured product – can also be referred to as a market-linked investment – they are a pre-packaged structured finance investment strategy based on an underlying asset This can be built around a range of assets – from a single security, a basket of securities, options, indices, commodities, debt issuance or foreign currencies – complex structure They are an investment product that is put together by a financial institution - usually by a bank or investment firm – pre-packaged exposure to one or more underlying assets typically contain an embedded over-the-counter derivative contract, such as an option or swap, and they are often blended with a bank deposit or government b