The US bank has increased its issuance of structured product in the US domestic market by 50% in the second quarter of 2021 with US$2.7 billion in sales across 648 products, compared with US$1.8 billion/670 products in the same period a year prior.
Morgan Stanley’s structured product issuance steadily increased from the third quarter of 2020 with an initial sales volume of US$1.6 billion (541 products) to US$2.7 billion (643 products) in the final quarter and reached a record peak in Q1 21 with US$4 billion in sales for 839 products. The most featured underlying on Morgan Stanley’s products during the second quarter of 2021 was the Russell 200 index which appeared in more that 300 products worth US$1.1 billion. The Nasdaq 100