Asia Pacific News

Spotlight on Apac H1 2024: yield enhancement on tech theme standout

Asia Pacific | Products

10h by Jocelyn Yang & Josafin Fu

Amidst the current high-interest rate environment, yield enhancement products surprisingly continued to shine in the first half of the year in major Asia Pacific markets.

China Market Review, June 2024: Gold-linked structured deposits shine

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

24 Jul 2024 by SRP News

Both the number of issuances and estimated sales volume of structured deposits have risen in the Chinese market. Commodity-linked products gain momentum.

SRP Apac 2024 Awards: Cacib's focus on hedging in Korea pays off

Asia Pacific | Conferences

23 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The French bank was recognised as “Best House, Equities” and “Best Innovation” at SRP Asia Pacific Awards 2024 accolade for its contribution to equity-linked products in the region as well as the hedging investment tool rolled out in South Korea.

India regulator proposes new high-risk asset class

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

18 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The proposal says long-short equity funds and inverse ETFs may be permitted to be offered as investment strategies under the new product category.

Thailand’s Krungthai debuts long-term structures amid rate cut expectations

Asia Pacific | Products

17 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The Thai bank has deployed the longest-tenor it has ever used on an interest rate-linked structured note in the domestic market in response to investors' search for yield at the current rates level for longer.

South Korea Market Review, June 2024: cap prot ELBs lead the pack, Samsung gains visibility

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

16 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Domestic blue-chip stocks were the preferred underlying assets deployed via principal-protected equity-linked bonds last month. Shinhan Securities continued to lead the overall sales, with nearly 17% of the market share.

SRP Apac 2024 Awards: SocGen capitalises on cross-asset products, bolsters FIC

Asia Pacific | Conferences

15 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Société Générale (SG) has been recognised as the “Best House, Asia Pacific” for the sixth time, as well as “Best House, Japan” and “Best House, Asian Equities” at the SRP Asia Pacific Awards 2024.

Japanese investors hold back on PRDC as USD/JPY ‘too high’

Asia Pacific | Products

11 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Investors are hesitant to trade 'power reverse dual-currency notes' tracking the USD/JPY pair due to the high spot level.

SRP Apac 2024 Awards: MSCI – risk control indices gain visibility

Asia Pacific | Conferences

09 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The global index provider was recognised as the “Best Index Provider” at the SRP Asia Pacific 2024 award ceremony in mid-May for its contribution to the development of custom and risk control indices sold via structured products across Asia, including Thailand and South Korea.