Region: Asia Pacific
SG pitches ESG thematic prop trio in Asia
Asia Pacific | Indices
21h by Summer Wang
The French bank is pitching new outperformance warrants linked to the SGI European Green Deal Index after rolling out Delta-one certificates in Asia last December.

HSBC introduces China-focused ESG play via structured deposit
Asia Pacific | Products
07 Apr 2021 by Summer Wang
HSBC China has launched a structured deposit linked to the Solactive China Future Consumers ESG Screened PR Index to capitalise on China’s carbon neutrality initiative.

Exclusive: HKEX to launch DLC segment
Asia Pacific | Products
01 Apr 2021 by Summer Wang
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is working on the framework to enable the listing of daily leverage certificates (DLCs) involving liquidity provisions and underlyings, having received a number of proposals from potential issuers.

Société Générale: long-dated implied vol in Japan under pressure
Asia Pacific | Products
31 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
In an interview with SRP, Bharat Sachanandani, head of flow strategy and solutions for Apac at Société Générale, discusses the latest trends in Japanese and Korean autocallable markets, and caveats the implied volatility of the Nikkei 225.

South Korea Market Review, February 2021: Hang Seng introduces first decrement index
Asia Pacific | Market Reviews
31 Mar 2021 by Lachezara Tsenova
There were 1,189 products issued in the retail segment in February, an increase of three percent compared to January.
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New Baidu warrants fall flat as stock drops following HK listing
Asia Pacific | Products
29 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
The shares of the giant Chinese search engine closed at HK$214 in Hong Kong SAR on Friday, down 16.1% from its Tuesday debut. The daily turnover of listed derivative warrants (DWs) on the stock has halved to HK$407m and investors are shifting to lower strike levels.

HKEX sees strong 2020 for structured products
Asia Pacific | Products
25 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has reported a ‘strong year’ for structured products after delivering a record-high number of listings at 50,947 in 2020.

China’s structured deposits sales rebound
Asia Pacific | Products
24 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
The outstanding balance of structured deposits in China has risen again driven by corporate clients in the first two months of 2021. This comes as state-owned banks strive to meet their new year KPIs.

SK DLS issuance more than halved in 2020
Asia Pacific | Products
23 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
The country’s derivatives-linked securities issuance has more than halved compared with 2019.
