Asia Pacific News

South Korea Market Review, August 2022: securities houses see profits dip

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

14 Sep 2022 by Lachezara Tsenova

There were 711 products issued in the retail segment in August, a 34% fall from July.

SG lists first US index CBBCs in HK

Asia Pacific | Products

13 Sep 2022 by Summer Wang

Tomorrow (14 September) will see the first batch of callable bull/bear contracts (CBBCs) on US indices being listed in Hong Kong SAR.

South Korea Market Review, July 2022: sales reach 12-year low

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

12 Sep 2022 by Lachezara Tsenova

There were 1,067 products issued in the retail segment in July, a 10% fall from June.

Japan Market Review, July 2022: Finnish credit institution tops issuer table

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

08 Sep 2022 by Mihaela Mihaylova

Some 129 products (including flow, excluding leverage and private banking) worth an estimated JPY 236 billion (US$1.7 billion) were added to the SRP Japan database in July.

Daiwa Securities profit tumbles, global market revenues fall

Asia Pacific | Industry

07 Sep 2022 by Summer Wang

The Japanese investment bank and second largest securities brokerage in Japan has seen its revenues deteriorating due to a decrease in client activities.

Tokai Tokyo, MUFJS report strong structured bond activity

Asia Pacific | Products

06 Sep 2022 by Summer Wang

The two leading distributors in Japan have delivered robust results on the back of structured notes activity from April to June.

Exclusive: BNP Paribas taps SG structurer for new role

Asia Pacific | People

05 Sep 2022 by Summer Wang

BNP Paribas has poached a senior structurer from rival Société Générale to bolster equity derivatives distribution structuring for Asia ex-Japan.

China Market Review, July 2022: FX rates continue to shine

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

05 Sep 2022 by Petya Damyanova

Five hundred and thirty-seven structured products worth an estimated CNY55.4 billion (US$8.1 billion) were added to SRP China database in July.

Exclusive: HSBC PB appoints SEA structured products head

International | People

01 Sep 2022 by Summer Wang

The UK bank has replaced Ishan Sarkar following his appointment as head of capital markets, Southeast Asia (SEA) at HSBC global private banking (GPB).