Private banks and wealth clients are the biggest drivers of custom indices in the Apac region, according to panellists at the SRP Asia Pacific Conference 2025 in Hong Kong on 10 June.
Josafin Fu, Apac product support at SRP, who moderated the discussion, asked the panellists which innovations in index construction are influencing the design of structured products in today’s market. Covered call is a well-known structured product payoff strategy, but now it has become an index - Sean Kim, MSCI “It’s a very dynamic market,” said Philippe Jacson, head of sell-side sales for Asia & Middle East, FTSE Russell, adding that the index provider has