14 May 2024
Amundi’s structured products boosted by investors in Italy, Spain
The asset manager reported €41 billion in AuM for structured products at the end of March.
03 Feb 2023
Spotlight on… top issuers in South Korea (FY2022)
Changes at the top in the Korean market where the two main providers were split by only 0.4 percentage points.
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31 Aug 2021
South Korea Market Review, July 2021: significant drop in sales
There were 1,218 products issued in the retail segment in July, a rise of approximately eight percent compared to June.
11 Mar 2021
SFC slows down activities at year-end, HS Tech Index scores
The Hong Kong SAR regulator has released its quarterly report on equity-linked investments and structured deposits in the retail market.
29 Jul 2020
South Korea ELS issuance falls 39.6% amid Covid-19
The sales of equity-linked securities (ELS) in South Korea has plunged nearly 37% to KRW 31.56 trillion (US$ 26.32 billion) in the first half of the year, compared to H2 19.
16 Jan 2020
Q4: JP Morgan is top US structured products provider
The US investment bank reported a record net income of US$8.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019, up 21% from the same quarter last year. Net income for full-year 2019, at US$36.4 billion, was also a record for the bank.
12 Dec 2019
SK watchdog fine-tunes new rules for ‘high-risk’ investment products
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has released new guidelines to strengthen investor protection with high-risk investment products.
05 Dec 2019
Strategic indices in scope as new ELS/DLS guidelines take effect
Despite the recent controversy around equity-linked securities (ELS) and derivative-linked securities (DLS), ELS/ equity-linked bond (ELB) issuances will hit KRW89 trillion in 2019 and KRW91 trillion in 2020, while DLS/derivative-linked bonds (DLB) issuances will reach KRW26 trillion in 2019 and KRW27 trillion, respectively, in 2020, according to Samsung Securities.
18 Jun 2019
Former Davis Polk lawyer launches equity-linked corporate advisory practice
Independent US financial services firm HudsonWest has launched an equity-linked advisory practice focused on delivering ‘independent, objective advice to corporate clients’.
04 Oct 2018
South Korea Market Review - August 2018
Structured products issuance in South Korean market decreased by 12% in August, compared to the previous month, with 997 products issued in the retail segment alone (a drop of 23%). Sales volumes at KRW6.07 trillion (US$5.42 billion) were down 18% from KRW7.43 trillion.
