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Singapore regulator eyes private banking sales, advisory practices
International | Regulations & Legal
09 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

Recent thematic inspections on private banks on the way they conduct their sales and advisory activities in Singapore conducted by the country’s securities watchdog have unveiled shortcomings relating to structured products.

China’s structured products market reflects a unique balance
Asia Pacific | Products
05 Mar 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC

Currencies and gold have dominated Chinese structured product market in the year to date, but further analysis of 2019 activity shows a unique balance with other asset classes demonstrating the flexibility and variety that structured products markets can provide.

Citi returns to HK warrants market after five-year absence
Asia Pacific | Products
04 Mar 2020 by SRP News

The US bank, which is also seeking to resume CBBC trading, suspended trading on the Hong Kong Exchange in 2014 due to fierce competition and its modest market share despite the popularity of this product range among retail investors.

China Market Review, January 2020: asset management rules could stay put
Asia Pacific | Market Reviews
04 Mar 2020 by Maria Koleva

Three hundred and seventy-one structured products worth CNY43.6 billion ($6.3 billion) had strike dates in January 2020, down from 1,984 products with combined sales of CNY388 billion the same month in 2019.

View from the top: buy-side channels moving away from pure market beta
International | Industry
03 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde

The Singapore Exchange's €186m acquisition of smart beta index firm Scientific Beta aims to strengthen the exchange’s research-based index design capabilities as well as broadening the range of index products and client base.

Japan Market Review, January 2020: Nikkei-linked products see 50% leap
Asia Pacific | Market Reviews
29 Feb 2020 by Veselin Krastev

There were 149 structured products (including flow, but excluding leverage and private banking), worth an estimated JPY311 billion ($2.8 billion), added to the SRP Japan database in January.

New wealth management rules boost Taiwan’s structured products
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
27 Feb 2020 by SRP News

The new rules introduced by the Taiwan regulator are aimed at aligning the country’s financial supervision structures with Hong Kong and Singapore and increase investment activity in the country.

HSBC to move structured products business from UK to Asia
International | Products
18 Feb 2020 by SRP News

The UK banking group is seeking to reduce capital and costs in its underperforming businesses to enable continued investment in businesses with stronger returns and growth prospects.

Leonteq FY19: all-time high in platform assets
International | Industry
17 Feb 2020 by SRP News

Despite the ‘challenging’ market environment a record amount of structured products was issued on Leonteq’s platform in 2019.