Global perspective: the most important indices for structured products in 2018

The Eurostoxx 50, Kospi 200 and the S&P 500 indices were the three most popular indices used as underlying assets for structured products worldwide as measured by sales volumes of 2018, according to SRP data. These three maintained their position as the top three indices in 2017. The Eurostoxx 50 was the top underlying of the three and accounted for over 6% of all structured product sales by notional amount globally. Although overall sales volume was slightly up on 2017, the number of produ