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Tempo has now launched Issue 24 of its product suiteYou can find a summary of Tempo’s Long Kick-Out Plan and links to the full details below.

Tempo’s Long Kick-Out Plan includes options with very defensive conditions for generating positive returns, as well as offering potential returns which are superior to comparable products available.

As always, please see the full plan literature for full details of the plan and the features, terms and conditions, including the risks.

Demand for Tempo’s plans has been high recently, so please contact us swiftly if investing is of interest.

THE TEMPO LONG KICK-OUT PLAN

Tempo’s Long Kick-Out Plan (counterparty Société Générale) optimises the popular kick-out strategy, through the simple step of combining a longer maximum term, with short term kick-out potential, and defensive index conditions.

The potential returns of each option of Tempo’s LKO are:

Long Kick Out Plan

Long Kick Out Plan

> LKO1 allows the FTSE 100 EWFD to fall by 3.5% p.a., from the 3rd anniversary, up to 24.5% on the 10th anniversary / end date.,

> LKO2 allows the FTSE 100 EWFD to fall by 2.5% p.a., from the 3rd anniversary, up to 17.5% on the 10th anniversary / end date

> LKO3 simply needs the FTSE 100 EWFD to be at or above 100% of its start level, on any of the kick-out anniversaries or on the end date

CASPA: CURRENTLY AVAILABLE STRUCTURED PRODUCTS ANALYSIS

Notably, the potential kick-out return of Tempo’s LKO1 (which offers a potential return of 7.50% p.a. and allows the FTSE 100 EWFD to fall to 75.5% of the start level) and LKO2 (which offers a potential return of 8.35% p.a. and allows the FTSE 100 EWFD to fall to 82.5% of the start level) are both greater than the potential kick-out return of all other currently available ‘defensive’ index-linked products.

In fact, the potential kick-out return of Tempo’s LKO2 is higher than the potential kick-out return of most other currently available ‘atm’ single index products, many of which also have a higher end of term barrier level.

Notably, the potential kick-out return of Tempo’s LKO3 is greater than the potential kick-out return of all other currently available ‘atm’ index linked products, including dual index kick-out products.

In fact, the potential return of Tempo’s LKO3 is more than 3.0% p.a. (or more than 10% over 3 years and more than 30% over 10 years) greater than the average potential returns of other provider’s atm products.

Comparisons to other products is based on analysis of all products in the market as at 22.10.21, using FVC research reports, comparing potential returns and product features. 

It should be noted that the Tempo plans use an equal weight, fixed dividend version of the FTSE 100, known as the FTSE 100 EWFD.

Please see the section below regarding the FTSE 100 EWFD.

IMPORTANT POINTS REGARDING THE FTSE 100 EWFD | TARGET MARKET

The Tempo plans link to the FTSE 100 EWFD.

The FTSE 100 EWFD was developed by FTSE Russell with the aim of helping investment banks offer improved terms on structured products for investors.

Improved terms can include: lower end of term barriers; lower conditions for generating positive returns; and higher potential returns.

Société Générale have an exclusive license with FTSE Russell to use the FTSE 100 EWFD. And Tempo have agreed exclusivity to use the index in their plans with Société Générale.

It should be noted that the FTSE 100 EWFD will perform differently to the FTSE 100, due to the equal weighting and fixed dividend. This means that the returns from plans linked to it might be higher or lower than the returns from a similar product linked to the FTSE 100.

Neither equally weighted nor market capitalisation weighted indexes are better or worse than the other.  Each offers a different approach and has different merits: risks and returns will be different for each and will depend on the future stock market environment and the performance of the companies in each index.

While the fixed dividend can help provide higher potential returns or lower risks for structured products, it can affect the level of the FTSE 100 EWFD negatively, when the fixed dividend is higher than the level of dividends being paid by companies in the index.

It is important to carefully consider the current level of the FTSE 100 EWFD, the level of its fixed dividend and the outlook for its future level.

Importantly, Tempo have identified the target market for investors in Issue 24 as investors who have a positive view of the future level of the FTSE 100 EWFD, over the medium to long term.

Information about the FTSE 100 EWFD can be found in the plan brochures.

You can find the level of the FTSE 100 EWFD by visiting the ft.com website:

https://markets.ft.com/data and using the symbol ‘GPSOC002:FSI’.

ALL OF TEMPO’S PRODUCTS ARE ‘DELIBERATELY DEFENSIVE’

Tempo’s products are described as ‘deliberately defensive’, meaning that they are all designed so that they can generate some or all of their returns without requiring the market index which they are linked to, to rise, with a defined level of protection should the market index fall.

Tempo’s products benefit from the firm’s operational strength and rigorous approach to governance, are backed by strong issuers / counterparties, and are based on a single index, with a deep end-of-term barrier.

These are the Tempo hallmarks.

We think this approach has real merits and can add real value for investors in balanced and diversified portfolios, in the current market environment.

THE UNIQUE TEMPO PLEDGE ‘STATED TERMS OR BETTER’ …

Tempo’s plans all come with their fabulous pledge ‘Stated terms or better‘.

This unique pledge allows Tempo to increase the terms of a plan above those stated in brochures, if the stock market and other factors during an offer period mean that they can do so.

For example, while the Long Kick-Out Plan brochure details option 3 as offering 10.60% pa, if stock market movement and other factors mean that Tempo can increase this further during the offer period, the actual terms may be increased to, say, 11.5% pa, which would be confirmed following the start date.

In Issue 12, LKO3 was ‘supposed’ to offer 13.1% p.a., as stated in the brochure, but this was increased to 20.4% p.a. during the offer period, as a result of the pledge!

What’s not to love about this great feature, which only Tempo offers?!

DON’T FORGET THE RISKS

As with all forms of investment there are risks involved. These plans do not guarantee to repay the money invested.

The potential returns of the plans and repaying the money invested are linked to the level of the stock market and also depend on the financial stability of the issuer and counterparty bank.

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated.

The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back any of the amount originally invested. Because of this, an investor is not certain to make a profit on an investment and may lose money.

As always, the recommendation and common-sense approach is to consider product solutions as a portfolio, never over-exposing oneself to a point of financial pain and suffering liquidity or counterparty over exposure.

Please ensure that you view the plan documents for full details of the features and the risks.

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH ADVICE … 

Tempo’s products can only be accessed with advice.

The promotion of the plans does not constitute ‘advice’ to invest. Advice is always specific to an individual investor’s circumstances and needs, following the process of ‘know your customer’, with the aim of ensuring that any product is suitable for an investor.

TO FIND OUT MORE

To access the literature for these products:

Click here – https://bestpricefs.co.uk/tempo-structured-products/

Demand for the Tempo products is expected to be high.

We would suggest early contact if you are interested to invest in Issue 24, in order to try to ensure availability and access.

Please contact us to discuss any aspect of these products.

Best Regards.

Best Price FS Team