IDAD Citi UK & Japan Protected Defensive Kick out Plan - October 2024
The IDAD Citi UK & Japan Protected Defensive Kick out Plan - October 2024 is a 7 year 2 week Plan linked to the performance of the FTSE 100 Index and Nikkei 225 Index. The Plan is constructed to offer a potential return of 8.50% p.a. If on any annual observation date (including the Final Observation date), starting at Year 4, if both Underlying Indices are at or above their Initial Strike Level, the investment will kick out.
- Market / index link: FTSE™ 100 Index, Nikkei 225 Index
- Counterparty: Citigroup Global Markets Ltd
- Investment term: 7 years, 2 weeks
- Kick-out / Early maturity: No
- Barrier type: Capital Protected
- Barrier level: 0%
The closing date for ISA transfer applications is 8 October 2024.
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 22 October 2024 for bank transfer applications.
The closing date for applications by cheque is 22 October 2024
The closing date for ISA transfer applications is 8 October 2024.
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 IDAD Citi UK & Japan Protected Defensive Kick out Plan - October 2024 is a 7 year 2 week Plan linked to the performance of the FTSE 100 Index and Nikkei 225 Index. The Plan is constructed to offer a potential return of 8.50% p.a. If on any annual observation date (including the Final Observation date), starting at Year 4, if both Underlying Indices are at or above their Initial Strike Level, the investment will kick out.
Initial capital plus the coupon for each annual period which has elapsed is paid and the investment will end. If the investment does not kick out, then at the Final Observation date full capital is returned.
The opportunity for full capital protection and growth is the key aim of this investment.
The investment is linked to the FTSE 100 Index and Nikkei 225 Index (see page 8 for full details) and investors will benefit from growth or even flat market conditions.
The initial investment into the Plan, minus any initial adviser fee, will be returned in full at maturity.
Issuer:
Guarantor: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Citigroup Global Markets Limited provides institutional brokerage services. The Company offers equity, fixed income, and commodity products across cash, over-the counter (OTC) derivatives, and exchange traded markets, as well as investment banking capital markets and advisory services. Citigroup Global Markets serves customers worldwide.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited are the Guarantor for the UK & Japan Protected Defensive Kick Out Plan; therefore, investors are exposed to the risk of them defaulting on their obligation to repay the capital and any returns due under the terms of the Plan.
Considerations when selecting the deposit taker / issuer: Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s are the main three independent credit ratings agencies that research and grade the ability of financial and other institutions to make the payments due from the Deposit / Plan issuer and / or guaranteed by them. Each rating agency describes and names its ratings in a different way. For example, Standard & Poor’s highest possible rating is AAA, followed by AA and A. These three ratings along with their BBB rating are generally regarded as investment grade (i.e. of higher quality). All of these ratings, except the AAA rating, can also be modified by a plus or a minus to give a deposit taker’s / Issuers relative status within the grade; for example, A+, A, A- for the A rating.
Citigroup have ratings from each of these three agencies as follows:
*S&P’s A+ / Moody’s A1 / Fitch A+ (*Source Bloomberg and Plan termsheet)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.