Hideaki Furuta (pictured), head of product solution at Tokai Tokyo Securities, shares his views on Japanese structured bond market.

Despite last year’s offering decline, the Japanese distributor remains confident in the appeal of structured products to investors in the current environment.     The main subsidiary of Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings conceded its crown as the most active distributor by issuance to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in 2020 with 99 structured bonds recorded, lower than 114 in 2019, SRP data shows. Our clients now generally prefer equity-linked structured bonds -

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