New structured products issuance in the Asia Pacific region for the first quarter of this year are expected to focus largely on hybrid structures and principal protection features, according to the French bank.

The product line-up for the region follows up on similar strategies that have been gaining momentum during the second half of 2018 on growing investor fear of a deep bear market. “Even if a product is non-capital guaranteed, we are putting in more mechanisms to shorten the duration to put in lock-in features,” said Jung-jin Yoon ( pictured ), managing director and head of cross asset distribution sales for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan). The sales volume of non-capital protected prod

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