Asia Pacific News

Taiwan Market Review, Q3 2020: Morgan Stanley joins issuer ranks

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

15 Oct 2020 by Christian Velinov

Some 3,697 structured products worth an estimated TWD344.7 billion ($11.9 billion) had strike dates in the third quarter of 2020, according to the SRP Taiwan database.

EFG, Singapore fintech to develop structured products platform

International | Technology

14 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang

Singaporean fintech company Hashstacs (aka Stacs) and EFG Bank, the Swiss private banking arm of EFG International, have partnered to co-develop a blockchain platform aimed at simplifying processes around the transaction of structured products.

UBS hires HSBC Apac head

International | People

13 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The Swiss bank continues to build up its senior management team following the restructuring of its ultra-high net worth (UHNW) business and its investment platforms and solutions (IPS) division, and the decision to create a Unified Global Markets division.

Exclusive: HKEx head of structured product development joins hedge fund

Asia Pacific | People

09 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

Garbo Cheung (pictured), managing director, head of structured products development at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), has left the exchange as she transitions to Citadel Enterprise Asia.

Drivers and roadblocks to ESG integration in Apac

Asia Pacific | Features

07 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

Four panellists at a recent webinar organized by SRP share their views about the drivers and challenges of ESG investing for public and private debt in Asia and how ESG indices are customized and sustain through the pandemic era.

Hang Seng debuts structured deposit linked to prop index ETF

Asia Pacific | Indices

06 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

Hang Seng China has issued its first structured deposit linked to Hang Seng Tech Index ETF, which covers the top 30 technology companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) by market value.

HK SAR regulator outlines guidance on e-documentation for unlisted products

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

05 Oct 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released a circular on the post-sale electronic dissemination of investment product documents, which applies to SFC-authorised unlisted structured products.

Sell-side: small tickets support Taiwan issuance surge

Asia Pacific | Products

30 Sep 2020 by Summer Wang & Pablo Conde

With interest rates at near zero, small size tickets starting from US$100,000 have helped to increase the issuance of equity-linked notes (ELN) in the country.

China Market Review, August 2020: market liberalisation to drive growth for China’s mutual funds

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

30 Sep 2020 by Maria Kocheva

Two hundred and seventy-one structured products worth an estimated CNY32.5 billion (US$4.9 billion) had strike dates in August.