Japan Market Review - June 2017

One-hundred and twelve structured products worth an estimated JPY244bn (US$2.1bn) were added to the SRP Japan database in June, slightly down – both in issuance and sales – from the 128 products with a combined sales volume of JPY146bn, that were added in May. European bond providers, and especially Scandinavian manufacturers, were responsible for the majority of new products issued onto the Japanese market this month. Compared to H1 2016, sales volumes have remained fairly stable. Issuance, h