Asia Pacific News

Dual-index note racks up US$180m in Japan

Asia Pacific | Indices

18 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

A basket of indices comprising the Nikkei 225 and S&P 500 raised the highest sales volume globally in the second week of March (March 11 to 17 2019).

New single stock DLCs in Singapore widen chance to bet on long/short divergence

Asia Pacific | Products

15 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The price spread of the two stocks tracked by the most-widely traded DLCs has widened signalling investment opportunities on relative market performances

Nomura appoints head of QIS & fund derivatives structuring Apac ex-Japan

Asia Pacific | People

15 Mar 2019 by Pablo Conde

Nomura bolstered its Asia Pacific equity products business ex-Japan with the appointment of several senior executives based in Hong Kong.

Fixed income factor makes its way to structured products

Asia Pacific | Products

08 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

As factor investing arrives in the fixed income space, FTSE Russell’s Apac head of benchmarks, Arom Pathammavong (pictured), tells SRP why structured products could be the next new frontier for this approach.

Société Générale boosts DLC line-up in Singapore

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The French bank has rolled out 23 Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), including several with new underlying stocks

SK: ELS early redemption volume back on track

Asia Pacific | Industry

01 Mar 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The recent global stock rally has raised February’s early redemption volume of equity-linked securities (ELS) in South Korea to its highest level since April last year

Apac sales remain sluggish despite rally in January

Asia Pacific | Products

21 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The sales volume of structured products across the Asia Pacific (Apac) region remained sluggish despite equity markets starting out the year with a significant bounce.

HSBC Australia pays compensation for mis-sold structured products

Asia Pacific | Industry

20 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The bank has paid A$690,000 (US$494,000) in compensation to customers who were mis-sold complicated investments, mainly structured products. The UK bank has also halted providing all personal financial advice.

Index roundup: EU demographic change index gains traction & Chinese investors bet on USD/HKD rate

International | Indices

18 Feb 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Chinese investors flock to structured deposits linked to the USD/HKD exchange rate, a demographic change related benchmark gains momentum, Nasdaq offers a crypto market indices data and a mortgage pricing index for the US market launches