Asia Pacific News

Top distributors in Apac 2020: DBS Bank and HSBC take the lead

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang

The two banks capitalised on the significantly high number of non-flow and non- leverage products distributed in 2020 - 4,123 and 3,402, respectively. South Korean securities houses and Thailand’s Phatra Securities saw their selling activities subdued in line with the overall shrinking of the domestic markets.

Top payoffs in Apac 2020: autocalls, rev convs rule

Asia Pacific | Products

04 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang

Knockouts linked to basket of indices and reverse convertible notes (RCNs) were the most used payoffs by sales volume and market share (US$57.7 billion, 17.9%) in 2020, replacing range and accrual. Leverage long/short with stop loss stay on top by issuance (18,799/13,902) as Hong Kong SAR's callable bull/bear contracts (CBBCs) continue to dominate issuance.

Japan Market Review, November 2020: Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley keeping the torch lit

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

31 Dec 2020 by Veselin Krastev

There were 105 structured products that collected a combined JPY285 billion (US$2.7 billion) added to the SRP Japan database in November (including flow products, but excluding private placements and leverage products).

China Market Review, November 2020: commodities and AI indices

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

31 Dec 2020 by Petya Damyanova

Two hundred ninety-one products worth an estimated CNY 34.8 billion (US$5.4 billion) had strike dates in November.

South Korea Market Review, November 2020: worst is over, recovery yet to start

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

18 Dec 2020 by Lachezara Tsenova

There were 786 products issued in the retail segment in November, down 20% compared to October.

Top underlyings Apac: Chinese tech companies’ H shares take the lead

Asia Pacific | Products

16 Dec 2020 by Summer Wang

There’s been a significant shift in the underlying assets used in Asia Pacific year-to-date (YTD) compared to 2019: single stocks have taken over index baskets as most popular underlyings, featuring Meituan Dianping, Alibaba and Xiaomi. The USD 3M Libor does not appear.

DLCs surge 4x on SGX

Asia Pacific | Industry

15 Dec 2020 by Summer Wang

The turnover of daily leveraged certificates (DLCs) listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has jumped by 390% to SG$514m in November year-on-year (YoY) as ‘markets bounced between positive news on vaccine developments and the pandemic's spread,’ according to a SGX report.

SRP China 2020: internationalising the Chinese market

Asia Pacific | Conferences

14 Dec 2020 by Summer Wang

Two senior executives from DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) shared their views on the role of foreign banks plays in China and the innovation they’ve seen in the market at a panel organised by SRP on 2 December.

HK SAR non-listed products bounce back

Asia Pacific | Industry

11 Dec 2020 by Summer Wang

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released its latest report on non-listed structured products for public offering sold in Hong Kong SAR during the last quarter.