Some 124 products (including flow, excluding leverage and private banking) worth an estimated JPY240 billion (US$1.8 billion) were added to the SRP Japan database.

One hundred and sixteen products worth JPY211 billion had strike dates during March – an increase of 26% by sales volumes compared to the prior month. The highest sales volume, at JPY4.54 billion was accumulated by a Nikkei 225 based autocallable note issued by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International. It offered a fixed coupon of 2.79% pa. There were 119 products that reached maturity during the month. They released JPY446.4 billion back onto the market for reinvestment. Distributors&n