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The division is also continuing its Emerging Market Optimiser on the back of strong sales and a flight to quality in the structured product sector.

The new range is available until January 9 2009.

It includes the five-year capital-at-risk Regular Income bond, linked to Dow Jones Stoxx50, which offers 7.75 per cent fixed annual income or 1.9 per cent quarterly income.

The Super Tracker offers 2.5 times the rise in the FTSE 100 up to 50 per cent over three years, or four times the rise over five years.

The Protected FTSE plan offers 1.25 per cent the rise of the FTSE 100 up to 25 per cent over three years. The five-year option offers 2.5 times the rise up to 50 per cent.

There is also an early maturity version with a kick-out after two and a half years if the index is 25 per cent or more above its initial level.

A fixed return of 18 per cent at maturity is available under the Minimum Return Plan. The plan also pays out an additional 26 per cent if the FTSE does not trade below 60 per cent of its starting level over the six-year term.

The five-year Emerging Markets Optimiser gives protected exposure to more than 20 developing countries.

It is linked to the performance of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index fund, accessing the market performance of 23 nations with a combined capitalisation of around $5trn (£3.3trn). It has 42 per cent exposure to the Bric markets.

All products are backed by Barclays Bank, which is AA rated.

Colin Dickie, director at Barclays Wealth, said: “Our range offers the prospect of competitive returns with the comfort of varying degrees of protection, plus – in the case of the Emerging Markets Optimiser – an investment designed to smooth out much of the volatility associated with this long term growth area.”