SRP looks at some of the most widely used underlying assets for structured products issued in the first half of 2022 across Asia Pacific.
In China, 2,352 structured products were issued by a group of 11 banks from January to June, most of which are wrapped as deposits, according to SRP data. The FX pair of EUR/USD was the most popular pick , and was linked to 597 structured deposits from five providers. This was followed by the CSI Smallcap 500 Index – the most widely used headline index tracking China’s A shares. The index is linked 362 structured products, followed by USD/JPY (318), XAU/USD (293) and AUD/USD (217).