Israel Market Review - Q3 2017

The Israeli market has remained relatively stable during the first nine months of 2017. Seventy-three structured products worth an estimated ILS374m (US$106.6m) had strike dates between January 1 and September 30, 2017, slightly down from the 86 products with sales of ILS445m that struck during the same period last year. Traditionally dominated by deposits, the market offers 100% capital protected products linked to a sector basket of equity shares. BlueStar Indexes launched two new smart beta