Japan Market Review - February 2018

Ninety-eight structured products (including flow, but excluding private banking and leverage products) were added to the SRP Japan database in February. The estimated sales volume of the products was JPY203bn (US$1.9m). Issuance was relatively low – down 40%, compared to January. One hundred and ten products , with combined sales of JPY215bn, struck in February. Year-to-date, the number of striking products has increased slightly from the first two months of 2017. Sales volumes, however, droppe