Question: We have over $500,000 invested with a certified financial planner (CFP) we like — most of it in very safe bonds to generate a little income. We are also into structured notes that generate ...

At first glance, a laddered approach to structured notes or buffered ETFs may seem like a strategy to manage risk and smooth returns over time. However, the accumulation of embedded gains, increased ...

“More people are paying attention to credit risk than before, so it is true that the subset of investors that are being particularly prudent has increased,” says Alberto Cherubini, head of exotic ...

Structured Notes and Buffer funds are sleep-well-at-night products designed to protect investors from market drops. Brokers and nervous investors love them, despite their complexity and fees. Talk to ...

Structured investments, also known as structured notes, are a combination of a bond, which can provide downside protection, and a derivative, which provides leveraged upside benefits, allowing ...

SPi data shows the structured note market reached $194 billion in 2024, a milestone that underscores how quickly these products are moving into broader advisor use. But as adoption accelerates, the ...

Finra panel says Stifel was 'required to have heightened supervision' of a broker A Finra arbitration panel has ordered Stifel Financial Corp. to pay about $132 million in damages for allegedly ...

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancorato, a third-party money manager specializing in objective-oriented, actively managed separately managed accounts (SMAs) that utilize structured notes, ...

"More people are paying attention to credit risk than before, so it is true that the subset of investors that are being particularly prudent has increased," says Alberto Cherubini, head of exotic ...