Structured investments

Close has a highly skilled, experienced and dedicated derivative fund management team providing innovative alternative investment solutions.  We have been managing structured investments for over 13 years.

Structured investments provide clients with an extensive range of tools for enhancing returns combined with a defined level of capital protection.  These investments can be structured to target capital growth, income generation, or be linked to more advanced payoffs.  They can also be used in asset allocation to provide exposure to many asset classes which might otherwise be difficult to access, such as physical commodities or property.

We are able to originate bespoke solutions to meet clients' specific requirements.  For many clients, the attractions of having pre-defined returns and risks make structured investments particularly appealing and complementary to traditional forms of investment management.  These investments can be made available in a variety of formats, such as open-ended funds, close-ended funds and plans.

Close offers a fund management service which particularly emphasises on-going client service and support.

Our range of protected unit trusts, the Close Escalator funds, provide investors with an exposure to various equity markets (UK, European, or global) combined with 100 per cent or 95 per cent capital protection each quarter.  This means that any profits generated are locked in each quarter, allowing investors to benefit from smoothed returns when markets go up, with capital protection in the event that markets fall.

Our defined return funds are a range of London Stock Exchange listed and traded investment companies which provide various defined levels of capital protection with exposure to a range of UK, European, Japanese, and commodity markets.

Please note: in this lower interest rate environment the Close Capital Account Fund and Close Escalator Funds are unable to gain the same level of market exposure (and hence potential returns) as has been achieved historically. The funds are able to place money out on deposit and have done so from time to time. We are now investing a higher proportion of the funds' assets in short term deposits in order to help alleviate the current lower interest rate environment and this is likely to be more of a strategic position for some time to come. Investors should note that the funds will continue to be managed with the intention that no distributable income is produced.