Mr. Atthanan Piyaseth, Director of Structured Product Department, Bualuang Securities (BLS), revealed that the company issued short-term structured debentures with a maturity of regarding 6 months, or Fixed Coupon Note (FCN), a new instrument. It is another interesting investment option amidst high inflation and volatile markets around the world. Investors are still worried and tend to slow down investment in risky assets. In which many investors began to look for investment methods that can adapt to various market conditions so that the principal grows at a rate that catches up with or exceeds inflation.
FCN is an instrument that can pay interest to investors every month during their holding. FCN’s average expected return is currently 8-12% per year, which may be more or less depending on a number of factors. This makes it possible to repay principal either in cash or in the form of underlying stocks. Therefore, investors should be able to directly bear the risk of investing in the underlying stock.
Highlights of FCN of Bualuang Securities are: 1. Reference to carefully selected stock pairs in terms of fundamentals and trading liquidity. Including stocks that are in a suitable condition for doing FCN 2. Investors can also choose to match stocks from the list of reference stocks offered by the company and various price levels to enter into the contract by themselves. 3. Bualuang Securities’ FCN requires a minimum investment of 1 million baht, making investing more convenient and helping diversify risks more efficiently. Buy FCN with real-time quotes of underlying stocks. No need to wait until the end of the day. This makes it more flexible and able to catch the market moments.