Asia Pacific News

SocGen expands Singapore DLC range with ‘Magnificent Seven’ series

Asia Pacific | Products

04 Oct 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The French bank is seeking to capitalise on the growing appetite of accredited investors to trade US stocks.

Former Leonteq Asia sales head joins HSBC PB

Asia Pacific | People

03 Oct 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The British bank has bolstered recently the ranks of its buy- and sell-sides with senior hires.

Structured products industry digests China exposure as stimulus measures boost market rally

Asia Pacific | Industry

02 Oct 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The market is buzzing about the China stimulus package narrative and its impact on repositioning structured products underlying exposure.

Sales of Korean autocalls drop after banks suspend sales in H1 24

Asia Pacific | Industry

30 Sep 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The outstanding balance of non-principal-protected ELS products falls in the Korean market, while those principal-protected products increase.

Spotlight on Apac: market correction drives single stock autocalls to risk-sensitive zone

Asia Pacific | Products

27 Sep 2024 by Josafin Fu & Jocelyn Yang

SRP analysed single stock-linked barrier autocalls issued in Asia and the distance to their knock-in barrier levels to assess the impact of the market correction at the beginning of August.

Singapore's Cornerpiece set to launch Vontobel AMCs

Asia Pacific | Products

26 Sep 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The new products will seek to offer exposure to Asia-Pacific markets such as Hong Kong, China and Australia as well as a global multi-asset strategy.

Linear zero-coupon notes drive HSBC WM growth in Asia

Asia Pacific | Products

25 Sep 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The UK bank records double-digit growth in revenue from structured investments within its retail wealth segment in Asia in H1 2024.

HK equity-linked sales rebound boosted by tech, AI themes: SFC-HKMA survey

Asia Pacific | Products

20 Sep 2024 by SRP News

The survey conducted by the two Hong Kong SAR financial regulators shows that around 61% of structured product sales come from equity-linked products. Sales of FX rates-linked products dropped in 2023.

Singapore’s DBS launches crypto structured notes for institutional investors

Asia Pacific | Products

17 Sep 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The Singaporean bank becomes the first Asian-headquartered bank to offer financial products whose value is linked to Bitcoin and Ethereum prices.