Asia Pacific News

HK think tank calls for listed structured products to boost A-shares market

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

24 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has recommended the introduction of listed structured products linked to Mainland’s A-Shares into the Stock Connect.

Japan Market Review, August 2020: JPY/USD takes a hit, but JPY/AUD withstands economic turmoil

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

24 Sep 2020 by Veselin Krastev

There were 103 structured products, worth an estimated JPY226 billion ($2.1 billion), added to the SRP Japan database in August (including flow, but excluding leverage and private banking).

South Korea Market Review, August 2020: a slight change in investor preferences

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

24 Sep 2020 by Lachezara Tsenova

Only 521 products were issued in the retail segment in August, showing a significant decrease of 68% compared to July.

Exclusive: HSBC Malaysia increases ESG structured products footprint

Asia Pacific | Products

23 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

HSBC Amanah Malaysia is gearing up to launch its second green structure tied to green deposits and ESG underlyings as part of its efforts to transform the bank into HSBC Group’s ‘first sustainable banking entity’.

DBS and Credit Suisse lead Taiwan issuance jump

Asia Pacific | Products

17 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The Taiwanese market has seen the issuance of structured products skyrocketing in the first half of 2020 buoyed by the increased activity from the two banks.

HSBC’s AiPEX5 on a roll

Asia Pacific | Products

15 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The UK bank is putting to work its newly developed AI-based underlying launched in the US earlier this year on a number of Asia Pacific markets.

Feature: leveraging Apac structured products in a pandemic world

International | Features

14 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

A recent webinar organised by SRP saw four APAC industry experts share their views about how this year’s volatility impacted client engagement, product issuance and digital adoption in the structured products market.

Exclusive: UBS names head of WM capital markets Apac

International | People

11 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The Swiss bank continues with the reorganisation of its wealth management business under the new Unified Global Capital Markets unit which brought global wealth management, investment bank financing and risk management under one umbrella earlier this year.

HSBC China targets HNWI investors with Vantage Z structured deposits

Asia Pacific | Indices

11 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

HSBC China has launched two structured deposits tied to its new HSBC Vantage Z Index (USD) Excess Return, which is designed to serve Chinese high-net-worth investors by including China equities as a component.