Asia Pacific News

SRP Apac 2021: leveraging building blocks

Asia Pacific | Conferences

16 Jun 2021 by SRP News

How are smart beta indices performing? Are quantitative investment strategies (QIS) more effective to achieve returns in volatile markets? These and more topics were discussed during the ‘Index developments for diversified asset allocation’ panel on day one of the virtual SRP Apac 2021 Conference which took place on 15-16 June.

SRP Asia Pacific Personality of the Year 2021: Nicolas Rigois

Asia Pacific | Conferences

16 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

Nicolas Rigois, global head of capital market products and solutions at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in Singapore, has won this year’s Personality of the Year award, after securing the most votes from market participants in SRP’s Asia Pacific awards 2021 survey.

SRP Asia Pacific Awards 2021 – all the winners!

Asia Pacific | Industry

16 Jun 2021 by SRP News

Credit Suisse was the big winner of this year’s APAC awards, receiving eight awards including Best House, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan and South Korea awards, and Deal of the Year recognition.

Stropro revisits ‘ASX 200’ play as Australian investors hunt for yield

Asia Pacific | Products

15 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

The Australian multi-issuer platform (MIP) has just closed the fourth tranche of an ASX 200-linked structured note targeting a fixed return of 6.9% pa. as it sees an ‘exponential level of growth’ in terms of the number of users.

SRP Apac 2021: moving past the pandemic – progress and direction for 2021

Asia Pacific | Conferences

15 Jun 2021 by Lavanya Nair

SRP’s virtual Asia Pacific conference kicked off with a panel discussion covering the top trends driving structured product sales throughout a turbulent 2020 in the region, activity thus far in the first half of 2021, and the role of technology in promoting structured products adoption and a portfolio construction approach.

HSBC’s AiPEX5 makes HK SAR foray via cap prot structure

Asia Pacific | Products

10 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

The AI Powered Equity Index 5 (USD) Excess Return (AiPEX5) family is gaining visibility in Asia Pacific following launches in Singapore, Malaysia, the US and China.

India: IIFL Wealth Finance leads MLD issuance

Asia Pacific | Industry

08 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

The subsidiary of IIFL Wealth Management has led the issuance of structured products in India, known as market-linked debenture (MLD), accounting for 81.8% of the market share in Q1 21.

China’s structured deposit issuance falls flat, lower returns expected

Asia Pacific | Products

07 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

Issuance of structured deposits in China is expected to remain flat as suggested by ‘window guidance’ from the regulator which has succeeded in curbing high-yield structures.

Kiatnakin Phatra Securities eyes offshore equity as issuance back to pre-Covid level

Asia Pacific | Products

04 Jun 2021 by Summer Wang

Thailand’s largest issuer has seen its offerings recover to Q1 20 levels as clients reinvested proceeds from selling stocks redeemed from fixed coupon notes (FCNs) during the Covid-19 related market collapse.