Ahead of next week’s virtual SRP Americas Conference 2021, we provide an overview of the latest developments in the US structured products market.
Some 2,345 structured products worth US$7.7 billion had strike dates in the US during August (July: US$8.4 billion from 2,450 products). Both sales volumes and issuance were at their lowest levels since the start of the year, but up by 34% and 21%, respectively, compared to August 2020. Year-to-date, 20,547 products with combined sales of US$67 billion have been launched in the US market – the highest numbers seen since the launch of the SRP database in 2005. This is up from 17,04