Taiwan Market Review, September 2022: StanChart issues first ESG-structured note

Issuance fell by 18% compared to August 2022 and by 53% year-on-year (YoY). Looking at the first nine months of 2022, issuance decreased by 44% YoY: from 18,806 products in 9M 2021 to 10,448 products in the same period this year. Maturing products declined for the second consecutive month. However, YoY the number of notes increased 73%, to 17,606. Distributors Thirty-two distributors were active in September 2022. The top four providers distributed 509 notes – just under 50% of all iss