Asia Pacific News

Thailand Market Review, Q3 2023: TMB Thanachart Bank enters market

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

16h by Vanina Kopcheva

Some 5,346 structured products worth THB25 billion ($0.7 billion) were introduced in Thailand during the third quarter of 2023.

Korea’s regulator slams banks over HSCEI-linked ELS misselling

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

01 Dec 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The head of the Korean financial watchdog has questioned whether the principle of suitability was properly observed by banks, considering that a large amount of ELS products was sold mostly to senior citizens at a particular period of time.

Thailand’s Bualuang partners with Hang Seng on DR debut

Asia Pacific | Products

30 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The Thai securities house expands its depositary receipts underlying offerings, including new Hong Kong ETF and European stock underlyings, as structured products issuance drops.

DBS net profit jumps, structured notes distribution tops league table in Taiwan

Asia Pacific | Industry

28 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The Singaporean banking giant maintained its robust position in Taiwan, doubling structured notes distribution from last year.

Krungthai cashes in on first fund index play

Asia Pacific | Industry

24 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The Thai bank looks back at the human element of decision-making strategies for its new fund-focused index-linked note.

Barclays hires Nomura’s ex-EQD trading head to lead Apac

Asia Pacific | People

21 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The UK bank has set up the newly created role to bolster its equity derivatives (EQD) business in Apac.

Huatai lists its first CBBCs in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific | Products

20 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The Chinese securities house has expanded its listed structured product footprint in Hong Kong SAR after first breaking into the market and listing derivative warrants in June.

J.P. Morgan debuts FX derivative warrants in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific | Products

20 Nov 2023 by Summer Wang

The US bank has added two new currency pairs to its structured products range listed on HKEX.

Wilshire, Hang Seng partner in Greater China market push

Asia Pacific | Indices

16 Nov 2023 by Jocelyn Yang

The partnership is aimed at enabling new indexes targeted at Greater-China investors.