The private banking arm of the second-largest banking group in Southeast Asia sees clients take risk-off strategies aimed at uncertainty surrounding trade disputes.
Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), has seen a 40% year-on-year (YoY) rise in structured products volume in Q1 2025, boosted by equity-linked structures such as accumulators and fixed coupon notes (FCNs). Among its product shelves, one dispersion strategy-focused structured note is gaining traction: it is designed to anticipate volatility and divergence under the current uncertainties stemming from ongoing trade tensions, according to Vivien