The democratization of finance is centered around building tailored portfolios for each client. It’s said that annuities are like the Swiss Army knife of portfolio management: They can be used to help ...

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Cryptocurrencies often make headlines for their price swings. For example, Bitcoin fell by over 70% from its November 2021 all-time high. To manage this volatility, investors are increasingly using ...

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. In a previous blog entry I described the basic mechanics of structured note variable annuities (SNVAs). The products’ partial or ...

Structured products, also called structured notes, are customized versions of existing investments. A recent example is this offering from Morgan Stanley MS. Sold in June 2022, the company’s ...

Here is an investment that sounds just too good: Investors get 150% of the upside of the stock market but just 90% of the downside. That is the promise of structured notes issued by companies such as ...

Are Structured Notes the Right Investment for You? Are you considering investing in structured notes but aren’t sure where to start? The latest episode of the WealthBT should be on your must-listen ...

One of the fundamental truths about investing is that there is no such thing as a free lunch. An investment that promises higher returns is going to come with higher risks of losing money. And often, ...

DBS clients traded over US$1 billion of crypto options and structured notes in 1H2025, with trade volumes growing almost 60% q-o-q between 1Q2025 and 2Q2025. DBS Bank has announced it will tokenise ...

Investors who want a trifecta of market exposure, decent upside and protection from losses might take a closer look at structured notes. These fixed income securities are a relatively new type of ...