In a first for Thailand, Macquarie Securities launched derivative warrants (DWs) over six Hong Kong-listed stocks today. This comes shortly after regulators gave the green light to foreign underlying stocks.

The stocks are Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, Xiaomi, JD.com and Great Wall Motor, all of which are Chinese companies. Each of them is accessible through a call warrant that will expire on 4 April 2022. ‘Our Hong Kong single stock warrants listed in Singapore and Malaysia have been welcomed in both markets and are in popular demand,’ said Dean Herbert, head of listed product distribution, Asia at Macquarie commodities and global markets. ‘This launch provides an opportunity for Th