Asia Pacific News

SFC: prime brokers dealing with equity derivatives in line of sight

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

12 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Financial institutions providing prime services and conducting equity derivatives activities in Hong Kong are reminded of their requirement to abide to local rules and regulations, regardless of where the risk positions are booked.

Dealers see limited systemic risk from overexposed Korean autocall books

Asia Pacific | Products

11 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Dealers of autocallable products sold in South Korea dismiss concerns the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) will cross ‘peak vega’ which is around 15% away from current levels.

HSBC releases first ESG Islamic structure in Malaysia

Asia Pacific | Products

11 Jun 2019 by SRP News

The UK bank moves to develop an ESG-related investment product range in line with Malasya’s Central Bank (Bank Negara Malaysia) value-based intermediation (VBI) initiative which seeks to shift the focus of the Islamic finance industry to integrate environmental and social tenets into banking activities.

Korea’s ELS sales remain robust despite falling markets

Asia Pacific | Products

06 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

The sales volume of equity-linked securities (ELS) in South Korea remained flat as trade tensions sent global stock prices down last month.

China Minsheng Bank moves to capitalise on product innovation

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

China Minsheng Bank is seeking to be at the forefront of the Chinese market with product innovation as the growth in structured deposits last year was mainly pushed by banks facing restrictions from regulators around the issuance of asset management products.

Korean dealers warehouse high levels of exotic risks

Asia Pacific | Industry

04 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

Some local securities firms in South Korea – the world’s largest market for autocallable products – are rapidly building up risk in their positions from equity-linked products, raising uncertainties among issuers about their ability to manage market volatility.

SK delivers best-sellers as regulator eyes derivatives reform

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

03 Jun 2019 by SRP News

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is set to introduce new guidelines to boost activity in the derivatives market.

Benchmark data is key to integration: ESG Investing in Apac – part 3

Asia Pacific | Features

03 Jun 2019 by Jihye Hwang

In the last of a three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look at the challenges ahead to make ESG factors mainstream and relevant to retail investors.

It’s neither philanthropy nor consistent outperformance: ESG investing in Apac – part 2

Asia Pacific | Features

31 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang

In the second of a three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look into what needs to be done to raise awareness among individual investors for integrating ESG factors in Apac’s investment portfolios.