Region: Asia Pacific
Structured products arrivals and departures first half of 2019 – Apac (part 2)
Asia Pacific | People
15 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
SRP looks into people moves and staff changes recorded in the first half of this year to provide an insight on the senior executives leading the region’s key market players.
Structured products arrivals and departures first half of 2019 – Apac (part1)
Asia Pacific | People
14 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
SRP looks into people moves and staff changes recorded in the first half of this year to provide an insight on the senior executives leading the region’s key market players.
MUFG tops Japan distributor list again in Q1
Asia Pacific | Industry
13 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has reported a rise in profits attributable to owners of its parent in the fiscal first quarter. The results come as the bank tops Japan’s distributor list for 11 straight quarters during the April to June period.
Philippines regulator releases risk management guidelines for structured products
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
08 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
The guidelines are laid out to ensure that risks from banks’ investment activities, including dealing with structured products, are effectively identified and monitored.
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China overshadows South Korea’s retail structured products market in first half
Asia Pacific | Products
07 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Issuers in mainland China and Hong Kong have outpaced issuers in South Korea – reportedly Asia’s largest retail structured products market – in terms of sales during the first half of this year.
Okasan Securities dominates Japan’s best performing product list in half-year 2019
Asia Pacific | Products
06 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Nine out of top 10 best performing products in the first half of this year were distributed by Okasan Securities, with the products’ average coupon rate per annum reaching almost nine percent. The best-selling product was a reverse convertible note distributed by Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
The new golden kid of Chinese structured products
Asia Pacific | Industry
06 Aug 2019 by Tiago Fernandes
Structured deposits in China have always involved a delicate balancing act between offering low risk and beating deposit interest rates.
Citi to push tailored structured investments in China via HNWI investors
Asia Pacific | Products
05 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
Citibank is enhancing its Citigold Private Client hub in China with a set of new features including tailor-made structured investments.
Nomura’s 1Q profit soars on the back of trading revenue
Asia Pacific | Industry
02 Aug 2019 by Jihye Hwang
The Japanese investment bank’s global markets business posted strong revenue growth in both fixed income and equities on the back of US derivatives business and an ‘uptick in client activity’.
