Why should I take this course?
The FSA rightly expect that where a structured product meets a client's needs and risk profile, then an adviser should have sufficient knowledge of these products to be able to recognise this and make a recommendation to buy this product. This is no different to any other investment recommendation.

However following the FSAs recent review around Lehman backed structured products, there is much evidence to suggest that many advisers do not have sufficient knowledge of structured products and this course can help to address such gaps and to increase confidence in supporting an increasingly important area.

Additional information
Access is provided for 6 months and includes syllabus updates. If you purchase multiple training modules a discount is available along with longer access periods.

Objectives
By the end of this course, students will: 

• Understand the background and development of the market for structured investment products
• Describe the underlying investment components of structured products
• Explain the main structured product variations
• Describe the risks of structured products to investors
• Understand the key regulatory concerns surrounding structured products
• Be able to identify situations where structured products are suitable for clients
• Be able to carry out suitable recommendations of structured products.

Chapters

1. Overview of structured products
2. What’s in a structured product?
3. Main structured product variations
4. Risks associated with structured products
5. Regulatory concerns with structured products
6. Uses of structured investment products
7. Glossary
8. End of course assessments

Course material

• 6 chapters of study notes
• 15 minute audiovisual presentation providing an overview of chapters 2 and 3
• Multiple-choice revision test
• Typed in self assessment revision test
• End of course fifteen question multiple-choice assessment with a required pass mark of 65% (4 hours CPD time is allocated on completion of this assessment). Your result and feedback will also be e-mailed to you.
• Second fifteen question multiple-choice assessment with a required pass mark of 65% is available to both those who fail to pass the final assessment or for those who would like to undertake a second assessment. Again, your result and feedback will also be e-mailed to you.

CPD credit
You will be credited with 4 hours of CPD with the time added to your CPD certificate when you complete the end of course final fifteen question multiple-choice assessment. Additional time is added for the other assessments. Your CPD certificate can be viewed and printed from the CPD certificate link on the menu at any time.