In part one of a two-part article, we look at the size of the market, the latest investment themes, and the most popular underlyings and payoffs over the last five years.
Issuance and sales of structured products continue to increase in the US market. As of 30 April 2022, a total of US$209 billion from 63,179 live structured products was outstanding in the US market. Between 2018 and 2021, issuance increased by 60% (the monthly average in 2021 was just over 2,600 products) while sales volumes were up by almost 65% (from an average of US$5 billion per month in 2018 to US$8.4 billion per month in 2021). Some US$33.3 billion was collected from 10,776 products wi