SocGen: Japanese uridashi market growing despite challenges

The Japanese market has seen an increasing demand in the uridashi segment this year with sales of equity-linked structures booming. New foreign underlyings such as the Eurostoxx50 have also made inroads into the market, adding a widening scope for investors beyond traditional Nikkei225-based products. Hideaki Takahashi (pictured), head of cross asset solutions for Japan at Société Générale (SocGen) CIB in Japan, shared his views with SRP regarding this year's local market environment. Both inde