Technological innovations in the financial world as well as a spike in the investor class changed the quite retail investment world. Structured trades are notable additions to retail and institutional portfolios. In our today’s world, it has become increasingly important that market professionals are able to supply hybrid and complex financial products that is tailored to meet specific investor’s needs that are far from being galvanized by the standardized financial instrument available in the markets. In a bid to define what structured trades are, let’s take a peep at some definitions; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 434 (regarding certain prospectus deliveries) defines structured securities as "securities whose cash flow characteristics depend upon one or more indices or that have embedded forwards or options or securities where an investor's investment return and the issuer's payment obligations are contingent on, or highly sensitive to, changes in the value of underlying assets, indices, interest rates or cash flows.” The Pacific Stock Exchange defines structured products as "products that are derived from and/or based on a single security or securities, a basket of stocks, an index, a commodity, debt issuance and/or a foreign currency, among other things" and include "index and equity linked notes, term notes and units generally consisting of a contract to purchase equity and/or debt securities at a specific time."

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