There were 82 structured products worth an estimated JPY139 billion ($1.3 billion) added to the Japan database in April. This number was down 25% in issuance from the previous month, but a far cry from the same period in 2019.

Ninety-three products struck last month, collecting JPY135 billion from investors. Even though Japan suffered from the Covid-19 outbreak, year-to-date, these products helped make up a 17.8% increase in sales volumes in 2020 as opposed to the previous year. There were 145 maturing products (including flow, but excluding private banking and leveraged products), releasing JPY276 billion back into the market for reinvestment. There are 19,814 products in the SRP Japan database, of which, 2,514 wor

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