Equity baskets continued to dominate structured notes activity; DBS, Nomura and UBS led issuance.

Taiwan's structured notes issuance skyrocketed by 224% to over 38,000 products in the second quarter of 2026 compared to last year's same period, SRP data shows. The latest issuance was also 77% higher than the previous quarter this year. Taiwan: number of structured note issuances by quarter Source: SRP Underlyings, payoffs Nearly 92% of the total issuance, or 34,883 products , were structured as equity baskets in Q2 2026, up from 10,996 issuances in the prior year. For underlying exposu