Good Afternoon The Tempo Long Income Plan The Tempo Long Income Plan, launched on the 13th August, is now fast approaching its closure date of the 25th September. Question: How do you improve on the rates available on savings products, the yields available on fixed income / bonds, and the income available via equity income funds? Put more simply, if you want income, what’s currently offering attractive income? Answer: Consider investing in the ground-breaking Tempo Long Income Plan!! As we said in various recent communications, understandably, many clients may currently be feeling like they are ‘caught between rocks and hard places’, in the search for viable future returns, with attractive risk / return profiles. This is particularly so for savers and investors seeking income. Please read on for full details of this exceptional income plan …
Tempo’s response to the current market environment has been to move the end of term barriers for products in Issue 15 from their usual 60% level (which allowed a 40% fall) to an exceptional 40% level (allowing a 60% fall) over the next decade: the deepest level for any capital at risk products currently available! NB: However, PLEASE NOTE that the end of term barrier level for this plan, the Long Income Plan, is set at 50% (allowing a 50% fall). In addition, Tempo’s plans include options with exceptionally deep conditions for generating positive returns. You can find a summary of the Long Income Plan and links to the full details below, including details of comparable products and our analysis of the potential returns … As always, please see the full plan literature for full details of the plan and the features, terms and conditions, including the risks. PLEASE NOTE: the offer period for the Long Income Plan runs until Friday 25 September (unless it closes early). Demand for Tempo’s plans has been very high recently, so please contact us swiftly if investing is of interest.
The potential annual returns of each option are:
Option 1 is designed to pay income of 4.85% p.a., if the FTSE 100 FDEW is at or above 50% of its start level, allowing the index to fall by 50%, with the benefit of the memory feature. Option 2 is designed to pay income of 6.75% p.a., if the FTSE 100 FDEW is at or above 75% of its start level, allowing the index to fall by 25%, with the benefit of the memory feature. The plan’s unique ‘memory feature’ is really compelling. If a quarterly income payment is missed due to the level of the FTSE 100 FDEW on a quarterly income date, the plan remembers the missed payment, which can potentially be generated on a future quarterly income date. On the next quarterly income date at which the FTSE 100 FDEW closes at or above the level needed for the option(s) chosen, any missed income payments will be generated, together with the income payment due for that quarter! What a great feature! If you think that the index level can be expected to be at or above 50% for option 1 or 75% for option 2, in a decade, then the plan can be expected to pay each and every coupon for the decade (unless it has matured early, during the investment term)! In an ‘everything lower and slower for (much!) longer’ environment, for cash and fixed income, and with equity income funds facing significant headwinds, we believe that both of the Tempo Long Income Plan options present really attractive propositions for savers and investors seeking income.
The following section provides brief details of other currently available products and our analysis of the potential returns on offer (as at 10.08.20): INCOME PRODUCTS In fact, there are currently hardly any income products available! There are only 4 income structured products available in the market, including Tempo’s LIP1 and LIP2! > Tempo’s LIP1 offers 4.85% p.a., if the FTSE 100 FDEW is at or above 50% of its start level, which allows for an index* fall of 50%, with the benefit of the memory feature > Tempo’s LIP2 offers 6.75% p.a., if the FTSE 100 FDEW is at or above 75% of its start level, which allows for an index* fall of 25%, with the benefit of the memory feature > Re comparable* income products, the other income products available have higher (i.e. worse) end of term barrier levels and higher (i.e. worse) income condition level. The more defensive of the other 2 income products offers 4.6% p.a., with a 60% end of term barrier level, however, this requires the index to be above 75% of the start level (compared to LIP1 which offers 4.85% p.a. if the index is at or above 50% of the start level, and LIP2 which offers 6.75% p.a. if the index is at or above 75% of the start level). The less defensive of the other 2 income products offers 6.1% p.a., with a 65% end of term barrier level, however this requires the index to be above 80% of start level (compared to LIP2 which offers 6.75% p.a. if the index is at or above 75% of the start level). No other income products have income conditions as deep as Tempo’s LIP1 or have such a deep end of term barrier level as both LIP1 and LIP2 have. *Comparisons to other products is based on analysis of all products in the market as at 10.08.20, 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 FDEW. This was developed by FTSE Russell specifically with the aim of helping investment banks produce better terms on structured products. The FTSE 100 FDEW will perform differently to the FTSE 100, due to the equal weighting and the fixed dividend approach. 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. Please also see the section below with further important information regarding the FTSE 100 FDEW.
Tempo’s plans come with their fabulous ‘Stated terms or better‘ pledge. This unique feature 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 Income Plan brochure details option 1 as offering 4.85% 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, 5.1% p.a., which would be confirmed following the start date. What’s not to love about this great feature, which only Tempo offers!
As we’ve explained previously, Tempo have drawn on strong team knowledge of indexation and a research-based approach to index selection, with their plans using an equal weight, fixed dividend version of the FTSE 100, known as the FTSE 100 FDEW. The FTSE 100 FDEW was developed by FTSE Russell specifically with the aim of helping investment banks offer improved terms (in other words, higher potential returns or lower risks) on structured products. Société Générale have an exclusive license with FTSE Russell to use the FTSE 100 FDEW. And Tempo have agreed exclusivity to use the index in their plans with Société Générale While the fixed dividend approach can help provide higher potential returns or lower risks for structured products, it can affect the level of the FTSE 100 FDEW 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 FDEW and the level of its fixed dividend. The FTSE 100 FDEW will perform differently to the FTSE 100, due to the equal weighting and fixed dividend approach. This means that the returns from plans linked to it might be higher or lower than the returns from similar products linked to the FTSE 100. Importantly, Tempo have identified the target market for investors in issue 15 as investors who have a positive view of the future level of the FTSE 100 FDEW, over the medium to long term. Information about the FTSE 100 FDEW can be found in the plan brochures.
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 to which they are linked to rise, with a defined level of protection should the market index fall. These are the Tempo hallmarks: deliberately defensive structured products. We think this approach has real merits and can add real value for investors in balanced and diversified portfolios, in the current market environment.
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. Investment involves risk. The performance data does not take account of the commissions and costs incurred on the issue and redemption of shares. 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. Exchange rate changes may cause the value of overseas investments to rise or fall. 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.
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.
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Please contact us to discuss any aspect of these products. Best Regards Best Price FS Team |
As you are aware from recent communication, Tempo launched Issue 15 of its product suite on 13th August 2020.
