Japan Market Review - July 2017

One-hundred and fifteen structured products worth an estimated JPY217bn (US$1,96bn) were added to the SRP Japan database in July. Issuance was stable compared to June, when 112 products were added, however, sales volumes were down 17%. Scandinavian bond providers continue to be responsible for more than 50% of the structured products issuance in the Japanese market. In comparison to January-July last year, both issuance and sales are up. The number of products issued during the period (includi