Insurers, pensions and hedge funds in Asia are hunting for cheaper tail-risk hedges in a volatile, low-correlation market.
Institutional investors in the Asia Pacific are increasingly turning to structured products and derivative overlays to navigate a volatile macroeconomic environment and meet tightening regulatory capital requirements, according to two industry experts speaking at the SPR APAC 2026 Conference last week. Since risk-based capital regimes have been implemented, insurance companies need to be subject to certain capital requirements - Sam Leung, Schroders For years, structured products in As