Investors in the CEE region increasingly opted for single stock underlyings while FX-rates also remained a popular option in the first quarter of 2025.
An estimated US$600m was collected from 208 publicly offered structured products that struck during Q1 2025 in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets covered by SRP (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia). The rainbow payout featured for the first time since February 2022 in the CEE region Sales volumes increased by 12% compared to the previous quarter; year-on-year (YoY) they were down by 30%. Issuance was up by 52 products quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and