As we approach the year-end, we review the most featured underlying assets in structured products issued year-to-date across the Asia Pacific market.

In Hong Kong SAR, the tech and semiconductor stocks have continued to gain traction this year, with Nvidia leading the pack as the most-used underlying for equity-linked investments (ELIs) sold to the city’s retail investors, according to SRP data.  Out of over 55,000 ELI issuances year-to-date, around 23% of the total issuances were linked to the Nvidia exposure, or 13,015 issuances. Over half of these issuances were structured as single-stock instruments, featuring either autocalla