HSBC has strengthened its presence in Japan’s structured products market and re-emerged as a bond provider. Nicola Pantone, managing director and head of institutional equity derivatives sales, Asia at HSBC, shares his views on the outlook for the market and for the UK bank in Japan. Pantone joined HSBC in 2011 after previously holding similar positions at Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in both Hong Kong and London. The number of notes structured by HSBC surged from 17 in 201