17 Oct 2025
Derivatives paving way for Japan's asset management growth, study shows
Firms are expected to increasingly look to the derivatives market to help manage the implications of interest rate changes.
06 Oct 2025
Japan’s SSO records new highs with monthly trades reaching JPY68.5 bn
Japan’s SSO market surges to new heights with JPY68.5 billion in monthly trades.
12 Aug 2025
Barclays deploys vol control with participation in Japan
The UK bank’s latest public offering note is aimed at capitalising on the rising demand for “capital protection and upside participation” from Japanese investors.
24 Jul 2025
Leonteq puts Japan business for sale
The Swiss structured product provider will exit its underperforming business in Japan after seven years as part of its new execution roadmap.
11 Jul 2025
UBS Japan’s global markets co-head exits
The Swiss bank’s global markets unit in Japan will be led solely by the division's other co-head on an ad-interim basis.
08 Jul 2025
Meritz Securities to debut Korea’s first ETNs on Japanese government bonds
The Seoul-based issuer plans to list four ETNs on 10-year Japanese government bonds, including leveraged and inverse products, on the Korea Exchange at the end of the month.
05 Mar 2025
Japan’s structured Uridashi sales take a dive in H2 24
FX underliers have gained traction among private placements while index-linked products fall back.
24 Oct 2024
SocGen hires ex-MS Japan financial engineer head, predecessor heads to JPM to lead EQD structuring
The former Morgan Stanley equity financial engineering head in Japan takes over the role at the French bank as the long-serving equity derivatives structuring head shifts to J.P. Morgan.
06 Aug 2024
Best-sellers Apac H1 2024: FX deposits take the lead in China, Korea’s ELBs shine
We review some of the best-selling products across Asia Pacific (Apac) markets during the first half of the year based on SRP data.
04 Jun 2024
SRP Apac 2024: beyond US equities
Senior executives from the buy-side and sell-side of the structured product industry discussed diversifying underlying and how to navigate trends beyond the US stocks at the SRP Asia Pacific conference held in Singapore last month.
02 Jan 2024
SRP in brief: wait and see
We start the year with a brief look at the headlines that dominated the end of 2023.
19 Dec 2023
Japan’s issuers await potential rates increase
Expectations of increased interest rates in Japan mean a double-edged sword for the domestic structured product market that has already taken a hit this year.