10 Apr 2024
StructrPro: US market preference for indices remains strong, issuance fluctuates due to trends and conditions
We look at trends in issuance, maturities and returns across index-linked products in the US market.
02 Apr 2024
Latest: Korean banks agree to redress investors hit by HSCEI-linked autocall losses
Several banks in South Korea have implemented schemes to compensate investors facing losses from yield enhancement products linked to the Chinese market, following warnings from domestic regulators on the lack of suitability checks at the point of sale.
02 Feb 2024
Product wrap: MS tracks multi-sectors in France, Goldman targets tech stocks
In this week’s wrap we look at a selection of structured products with strike dates between 28 January and 3 February 2024.
11 Aug 2023
Top underlyings Americas H1 2023: Nasdaq is back, Canada favours thematics
We look at some of the most popular underlying assets across the Americas in the first half of 2023.
05 Jul 2023
StructrPro: contingent income products
Income paying structured products have long been popular in the US market.
25 May 2023
Spotlight on… market cap indices
Traditional market cap indices continue to dominate as they captured 70% of all sales for products linked to a single index in 2022.
24 May 2023
Analysis: US ETF-linked products prove their worth
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the top five asset classes for the structured product market striking in the US market this year.
25 Aug 2022
Taiwan Market Review, July 2022: UBS replaces Morgan Stanley as number one issuer
Some 615 structured notes with estimated sales of TWD60 billion ($1.9 billion) were issued in July.
15 Aug 2022
Funds of structured products: US exposure pays off
SRP did the rounds to see how the various funds of structured products performed in July.
16 Feb 2022
Analysis: coping with market corrections
As has been widely reported in the financial press recently most major markets have experienced a significant correction from the highs posted at the end of 2021.
26 Apr 2021
Latest: HSBC adds structured notes to ‘private market investment’ service for HNWIs
HSBC has rolled out the new HSBC Jade Private Market Investments service to support high-net worth clients to access exclusive opportunities, which were previously only available to private banking and institutional clients.
01 Dec 2020
Analysis: options valuation – the performance of put options over calls
In the last part of our analysis, our goal shifted towards analysing the hedging strains faced by structured product issuers with regards to how they allocate their option budget most effectively to offer the wider barrier/buffers and higher participation rates to investors.