Tempo FTSE 100 EWFD Fixed Growth Deposit Plan: May 2024
The plan is designed to pay a conditional stock market linked, fixed rate of interest on the end date, if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes at or above 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level. The plan is designed to pay a conditional, stock market linked, fixed rate of interest of 41.00% (AER 5.89%) at maturity, if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes at or above 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level on the end date. Over the first three months of the deposit term, the lowest daily closing level of the FTSE 100 EWFD is recorded as the start level of the plan. The plan includes an innovative ‘best entry’ start level feature. This investment is only available on an Advised basis.
- Market / index link: FTSE 100 EWFD
- Counterparty: Societe Generale
- Investment term: 6 years
- Kick-out / Early maturity: No
- Barrier type: Not Applicable (Structured Deposit)
- Barrier level: N/A
The closing date for ISA transfer applications is 19 April 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?
Please note: This plan is available on an advised basis only. If you are interested in this plan, please telephone us on 01639 860111 to arrange a free consultation
1 Call for a free initial telephone consultation. If you wish to progress the process of the product purchase, the regulatory process of ‘advice’ must commence.
2 The completion of a financial review – which will confirm details of your income/capital and investment needs and experience
3 The completion of a risk profiler - which will help to measure your attitude to risk.
This process will enable ‘advice’ to be provided in relation to the suitability of the product to meet with your needs. The fee for this service and process is 1.5% (subject to a minimum fee of £300) for focused advice – which is focused and narrowed to the suitability of the structured product you want to purchase.
Further Information
The plan is designed to pay a conditional stock market linked, fixed rate of interest on the end date, if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes at or above 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level.
The plan is designed to pay a conditional, stock market linked, fixed rate of interest of 41.00% (AER 5.89%) at maturity, if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes at or above 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level on the end date.
Over the first three months of the deposit term, the lowest daily closing level of the FTSE 100 EWFD is recorded as the start level of the plan.
The plan includes an innovative ‘best entry’ start level feature.
The start level of the plan will be calculated 3 months after the plan has started, by looking back and taking the lowest daily closing level of the FTSE 100 EWFD, observed over the 3 months following the start date, instead of the closing level on the start date alone.
On the end date if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes at or above 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level, the plan will pay interest of 41.00% (5.89% AER) or if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes below 95% of the ‘best entry’ start level the plan will pay no interest (0.00% AER).
What are the Risks of the Plan?
As with all forms of savings and investments, it is important that you understand and consider the risks of the plan and assess whether it is suitable for your personal circumstances. The main risks of the plan are explained below:
- The plan depends on the Deposit Taker Bank not becoming insolvent, or similar, or failing to meet their obligations (for example, not paying interest due to savers).
- The conditional, stock market linked interest of the plan depends on the level of the FTSE 100 EWFD on the end date.
The risk that the Deposit Taker Bank fails.
The plan depends on the financial stability of the Deposit Taker Bank throughout the deposit term. Both the potential interest payments and money in the plan are at risk if the Deposit Taker Bank becomes insolvent, or similar, or fails to be able to meet their obligations during the deposit term. The Deposit Taker Bank for the plan is Société Générale, London Branch.
The risk that the FTSE 100 EWFD falls.
The conditional, stock market linked interest of the plan depends on the level of the FTSE 100 EWFD. No interest will be paid if the FTSE 100 EWFD closes below the level needed on the end date.
It is important that you carefully consider the outlook for the FTSE 100 EWFD. The plan is designed for savers who have a neutral or positive view of the future level of the FTSE 100 EWFD, over the deposit term.
While the plan is designed to offer the potential to pay a higher level of interest than other types of deposit currently, such as bank or building society deposits, including fixed term deposits, fundamental risks to think about are the possibility of interest not being generated and whether the level of interest actually paid by the plan may be less than the level of risk free interest that could be paid by bank or building society deposits, including fixed term deposits.
The plan is covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (‘FSCS’), for eligible claimants, within FSCS claim limits.
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.