Barclays Wealth launches Guaranteed Global Infrastructure and Guaranteed Asian Equity Accounts

12 July 2007

Barclays Wealth has launched two new structured products designed to give investors access to infrastructure stocks and the Asian equity market. The Guaranteed Global Infrastructure Account and Guaranteed Asian Equity Accounts are structured deposits that diversify investors’ savings portfolios by providing exposure to the performance of a wide range of global markets and indices. Both products are designed to return investors’ capital if held for their full term giving investors the opportunity to invest in new markets while safeguarding their deposits.

The products are available to investors through Barclays Wealth until August 3 2007 and offer a bonus of an enhanced participation rate of 2.50% if invested in prior to July 13 2007. The Guaranteed Global Infrastructure Account offers potential growth linked to 50 stocks that are constituents of the iShares FTSE / Macquarie Global Infrastructure 100. The Guaranteed Global Infrastructure Account is available for either a 3-year or 5-year term in sterling, US Dollars and euros. Monthly averaging over the final months of the term minimises exposure to any short term downside volatility of the index. The Guaranteed Asian Equity Account returns are based on the performance of an equally weighted investment basket linked to India, China, Korea and Taiwan. This product applies monthly averaging over the last year of its term, therefore minimising exposure to the long term downside volatility of the Index Basket and is available to investors in sterling and US dollars.

Peter Horrell, Managing Director, Barclays Wealth comments, “We have noticed an increasing demand amongst our clients to have access to new and different markets. However, many investors look for reassurance when entering new areas of investment, and these structured deposits provide the safeguard they need if held for the full term.”

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