Blue Chip Structured Products Guide 2026
Contents
Introduction
4 What is a structured product?
Structured products can offer investors a unique way to access market returns while managing risk with capital protection and tailored pay-offs.
8 What are the different types of structured products available to retail and institutional investors in South Africa?
There is a limited range of structured products offered in South Africa compared to the rest of the world.
10 The transparency of structured products’ risk-return profiles and fees
When recommending structured products, advisors need to ensure risk and return profiles are suitable for investors. Full disclosure also requires transparency about the costs of investing.
12 What risks and potential rewards need to be evaluated in structured products?
In evaluating structured products, all the risk factors need to be balanced against the benefits to ensure that the risks don’t undermine the benefits.
14 What key factors should institutional investors consider?
The role of structured products in institutional investments is growing, but these investors need to consider all the usual risks and benefits including liquidity and compliance with regulations such as Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act.
15 How do structured products fit into the South African investment landscape?
Structured products are gaining traction in South Africa, complementing traditional asset classes through more customised risk management amid technological and regulatory change.
Profiled companies
Absa
16 Index methodologies in structured products.
18 Absa Index and Structured Solutions philosophy and process.
Causeway Securities
20 Company profile.
21 Delivering tailored solutions: interview with CIO Andrej Ogorevc.
Glacier by Sanlam
22 Understanding structured investment products: Zaheer Bhikha, Executive Head of Product Development at Glacier by Sanlam.
Liberty Group Limited
24 Certainty in volatile markets: In turbulent markets, structured solutions blend capital protection, defined outcomes and broader index exposure.
Momentum Securities
28 Creditworthiness key to client relations: interview with Francois Strydom, Portfolio Manager at Momentum Securities.
Nedbank
IFC Nedbank Private Wealth provides seamless access to global banking and wealth management solutions.
30 The structured products balancing act: Structured products offer a broad range of solutions across risk profiles and return objectives.
32 Invest globally with ease: For South Africa’s investors, the ability to access global markets has never been more essential.
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