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Structuring for every need

You seek flexibility and opportunities. We structure products that offer an appealing alternative to traditional financial assets.

Why a structured product?

Structured products present a compelling alternative to direct financial assets due to their adaptability and extensive customisation options. They can cater to specific requirements using a broad array of underlying securities and accommodate diverse market expectations depending on your risk profile.

Once you have defined the solution to meet your specific needs, you have access to our open architecture of 15 top-tier issuers, ensuring best execution covering both quantitative and qualitative aspects, and our experts are ready to support you at every step.

Following this, we provide proactive life-cycle monitoring to ensure your investments are continuously optimised.


Flexible solutions

We transform an investment idea into actionable solutions with multiple advantages:

Improved asset allocation 

Use structured products to improve the strategic allocation of your portfolio.

Cross asset classes

Without increasing the risk of your portfolio, you can increase your exposure to risky assets. You can add new asset classes with low correlation to those you already hold and enhance your diversification by country and sector.

Tactical opportunities

You can also perform tactical short-term trades, such as betting on a market trend or an event that you want to take advantage of.

Our Structured Product Offering

We provide five categories of investment solutions tailored to your objectives and desired level of risks and returns: 

These defensive investment solutions are suitable for investors seeking returns with the safety of predefined and unconditional capital protection at maturity.

These are solutions designed for investors seeking regular coupons and willing to forgo potential upside exposure to the underlying asset. This category entails downside buffers to reduce the risk of loss in comparison to a direct investment in the underlying.

Participation products are created to optimise participation in the performance of an underlying asset. This is achieved through enhancements such as downside buffers to minimise risks compared to a direct investment in the underlying or leverages to amplify returns.

Credit-linked products are tailored for investors seeking to enhance returns compared to traditional bond investments, through instruments for which the risks associated with credit events involve both the issuer and the reference debtor.

Commonly referred to as warrants, these products are designed for investors seeking to capitalise on the upward or downward movements of an underlying asset in exchange for a premium payment.

The team

Our experienced specialists have wide-ranging and in-depth expertise with structured products. In addition, they have access to the know-how of over 200 in-house investment specialists. 


Members in the team

12

Avg years of experience

15

Volume overseen

CHF 4 billion


Team Head

Jeremy Bellaïche, Global Head of Structured Products

 

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Recognition

WealthBriefing Swiss Awards 2025 - Best Structured Product Provider

23.06.2025

UBP Weekly View - Volatility mounts on Middle East escalation

Despite the escalating geopolitical tensions between Israel, Iran and the US, equity and bond markets are – for now – not pricing in a worst-case scenario. In this context, a diversified allocation is warranted to contain tail risks and mitigate mounting volatility. Gold continues to serve as a hedge against extreme shocks.

23.06.2025

“Like a fine dining restaurant”: UBP serves up private markets strategy

UBP is taking a three-pronged approach to elevate its private market business as the Swiss bank seeks to deliver a high-quality experience in the increasingly competitive alternatives space, where virtually all private banks are now offering access to differentiated private market investments.

20.06.2025

Israel–Iran: the dawn of a new global risk regime?

Israel’s ‘pre-emptive’ strikes against Iran on 13 June represent a meaningful escalation in what had been Israel’s ongoing battle against primarily Iranian proxies. The conflict has now shifted towards a direct confrontation between the two regional powers in the Middle East.

18.06.2025

Is the dollar losing its lustre?

Peter Kinsella, UBP’s Global Head of FX and Commodity Strategy, discussed the outlook for the USD with Andreas Koenig, Amundi’s Head of Currency Management.

16.06.2025

UBP Weekly View - Trade deals in the spotlight

Markets rallied on US–China trade deal progress and soft US inflation data, boosting risk assets and expectations of a Fed rate cut. Yields fell while credit spreads tightened. However, at the end of the week gains faded as Israel–Iran tensions flared up, but this lifted defence stocks. The US dollar weakened, while gold and oil rose on geopolitical tensions.

11.06.2025

De-dollarisation: More heat than light

The US dollar has declined by more than 10% since President Trump took office, driven by policy uncertainty, lower growth expectations, and rising inflation concerns.

10.06.2025

UBP House View - June 2025

As we enter the second half of the year, the fading trade war rhetoric is paving the way for a renewed focus on diversified asset allocations.

06.06.2025

Risk premium: a key to reading markets

The potential of US equities is being tested by the compression of the risk premium.

22.05.2025

US-China Trade Talks: A fragile rapprochement

On 12 May, the United States (US) and China established a temporary ‘trade consultation mechanism’, reducing tariffs by 115% for 90 days. While this may ease tensions, high tariffs are still expected to exert upside pressure on US prices, and trade volatility could drag on economic growth in China.

Glossary

Structured products are highly flexible, efficient instruments which match almost any investment objective, and, unlike traditional investment instruments, they can also generate positive returns in falling or stagnant markets.

Structured products are designed to meet specific risk/return profiles and/or diversification requirements that cannot be achieved with traditional investment instruments. They can be structured to most asset classes, offering a tailor-made alternative to direct investments. They are, therefore, ideal for customising an investment solution to a client’s needs and preferences.

Products can be engineered across all pay-off categories (capital protection, yield enhancement, participation and leverage) and within all asset classes (equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities).

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