FTSE 100 Defensive Income Plan 23 - Option 2
The Plan aims to provide fixed income on any Quarterly Anniversary Date, if the level of the FTSE 100 is higher than 80% of the Initial Index Level you will receive an income payment of 1.50% per quarter (up to 6% per annum)
- Market / index link: FTSE 100 Index
- Counterparty: Investec Bank plc
- Investment term: 8 years (maximum)
- Kick-out / Early maturity: Yes
- Barrier type: End of term
- Barrier level: 60%
The closing date for ISA transfer applications is 27 March 2020.
Product Literature & Forms
You should always read the relevant plan brochure and any other plan documentation, for full details of the plan’s features, including any risks, and the terms and conditions. In addition to the plan brochure and terms and conditions there are other important documents, including a Key Information Document ('KID'), that you should consider, before deciding to invest in the plan.
If you do not fully understand the risks or are unsure as to the suitability of the investment, please contact us
How to Invest?
Applications for the Plan must be submitted via Best Price Financial Services and received by 5pm on 17 April 2020 for bank transfer applications.
The closing date for applications by cheque is 17 April 2020
The closing date for ISA transfer applications is 27 March 2020.
This will enable us to process your application and forward it on to the structured product provider.
1 Firstly, print off and complete our Appropriate Assessment Questionnaire. All applications require two proofs of identity - see the questionnaire for more information.
2 Next download, print and complete the application form available. Note that product applications will have multiple documents, so please choose the one relevant to you.
3 Place all completed documents - questionnaire, proofs of identity, application form and cheques for payment - in an envelope and post to:
Best Price Financial Services,The Tythe Barn, 5 Eglwys Nunnydd,
Margam, Neath Port Talbot
SA13 2PS
Further Information
The Plan is designed to provide regular monthly income payments over 8 years and to return your initial investment at maturity
On any Quarterly Anniversary Date, if the Payment Index Level of the FTSE 100 is higher than 80% of the Initial Index Level you will receive payments of 0.375% monthly, equivalent to 1.5% gross per quarter.
If the Payment Index Level is equal to or lower than 80% of the Initial Index Level, no income payment will be made for that quarter.
If on any Anniversary Date, from the end of year 2 onwards, the Kick-Out Level of the FTSE 100 is higher than 105% of the Initial Index Level, the Plan will mature early (Kick-Out) and you will receive back your initial investment and an income payment for that quarter.
Repayment of your initial capital at the end of the term is subject to the performance of the FTSE 100 Index.
If the Plan runs for the full 8 years and the Final Index Level is lower than 60% of the Initial Index Level, you will receive back your initial investment minus 1% for every 1% fall in the FTSE 100 (including partial percentages).
Therefore, This Plan has been designed for clients who are looking for a high level of income over an 8 year period, where the level of income is known and can be budgeted for, perhaps to meet living expenses.
It is aimed at clients who may be cash rich but income poor. As the capital is at risk, it is suited to those clients who are willing to take a risk on capital return in order to receive a higher level of income than could otherwise be achieved from cash products, and therefore are likely to have a medium attitude to risk or higher.
Don’t forget the risks
All investments carry risk. It is identifying those risks, understanding how they may affect an investment and assessing whether an investment is suitable for your circumstances that is important.
The potential returns of most structured products and repaying the money invested are usually linked to the level of a stock market index and also depend on the financial stability of the issuer and counterparty bank. You should only consider investing if you understand and accept the risk of losing some or all of any money invested.
You should always read the relevant plan brochure and any other plan documentation, for full details of a plan’s features, including any risks, and the terms and conditions. In addition to the plan brochure and terms and conditions there are other important documents, including a Key Information Document (‘KID’), that you should consider, before deciding to invest in a plan.
Structured products should only be considered as part of a diversified and balanced portfolio.
Below is a summary of some of the main risks usually associated with an investment in structured products plans:
Market risk to potential returns
Whether or not a plan generates the potential returns for investors usually depends on the closing level of the relevant index on the relevant dates for the plan, i.e. the kick-out anniversary dates for kick-out products; the early maturity dates and end dates for growth products; the annual income dates for income products.
If the index closes below the level needed, for the plan or plan options chosen, on all of the relevant dates, the plan or plan options will not generate a return.
Market risk to repayment of money invested in 'Capital-at-Risk' plans
If the closing level of the relevant index is below the level needed on all of the kick-out anniversary dates or early maturity dates, if relevant for the plan or plan options chosen, and on the end date, repaying the money invested at maturity will usually depend on the closing level of the index on the end date..
Different structured products use different types of protection barriers. Some products use barriers that are observed every day that can therefore be breached on any day during the investment term, while some products use barriers that are only observed at the end of the investment term and that cannot therefore be breached during the investment term.
Market risk to the repayment of money invested on the end date will depend on the type of barrier and its level.
For example, for a product with an end of term barrier, set at 60% of the start level, if the index for the plan closes at or above 60% of the start level, on the end date, money invested will be repaid in full (less any agreed adviser fees and withdrawals). However, if on the end date the index closes below 60% of the start level, the amount of money repaid (less any agreed adviser fees and withdrawals) will be reduced by the amount that the index has fallen. For example, if the index has fallen by 45%, the repayment of money invested will be reduced by 45% (meaning that investors will get 55% of their investment back).
'Protected' types of structured products
Some structured product plans are designed so that they are 100% protected from stock market risk at the end date.
It is important to understand that even if a structured product plan is designed with 100% protection from stock market risk, at the end date, it will still usually have issuer and counterparty bank risk. In other words, both the potential returns of the plan and repaying the money invested at the end date will depend on the financial stability of the issuer and counterparty bank. If the issuer and counterparty bank become insolvent, or similar, or fail to be able to meet their obligations, it is likely that investors will receive back less than they invested.
Issuer and counterparty bank risk
Both the potential returns and repaying the money invested of most structured products depend on the financial stability of the issuer and counterparty bank. If the issuer and counterparty bank become insolvent, or similar, or fail to be able to meet their obligations, it is likely that investors will receive back less than they invested.
Financial Services Compensation Scheme ('FSCS') protection
It is important to understand that it is not usually possible to claim under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the issuer and counterparty bank fail to meet their obligations or if the stock market index that a plan links to falls.
Structured deposits
Structured deposit plans are deposit-based and will usually be fully protected from stock market risk at the end date and also benefit from the protection of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, if the bank or building society is a licensed UK deposit taker.