05 Mar 2025
Japan’s structured Uridashi sales take a dive in H2 24
FX underliers have gained traction among private placements while index-linked products fall back.
13 Feb 2025
DBS net profit up 10%, structured products sales remain strong
The Singaporean bank recorded an 11% growth in net profit for the full year, as structured product issuance remained strong in Taiwan.
05 Feb 2025
Thailand Market Review, Q4 2024: sales up 11% boosted by stock basket, FX products
Structured notes linked to stock basket and foreign exchange (FX) have recorded a respective sales growth of 87% and 85% YoY.
13 Jan 2025
Taiwan Market Review, Q4 2024: stocks dominate equity-linked activity
Autocallable notes tracking a basket of stocks continued to rule the Taiwanese market in the fourth quarter, led by underlying assets like Pfizer, TSMC, and Tesla.
05 Dec 2024
Belgian sales hit new heights driven by fixed income products
The third quarter of 2024 saw a significant increase in sales volumes, driven by products linked to fixed income underlyings.
04 Dec 2024
Thailand Market Review, Q3 2024: sales volume picks up, interest rate-linked notes in focus
Interest rate-linked structured notes overtake equity-linked structure to lead the product sales in the third quarter of the year.
28 Nov 2024
Singapore EAM taps Hong Kong’s mass affluent market with FCN distribution
The external asset manager WRISE has brought to market new fixed-coupon notes issued by CITIC CLSA and Guotai Junan Securities HK targeted at the mass affluent market.
12 Nov 2024
SG markets revenues driven by EQD, listed products
The French banking group issued €20.5 billion of structured notes in 2024 as its equities business recorded the second best Q3 ever.
11 Nov 2024
DBS markets trading income hits 2.5-year high, boosted by EQD
Singapore’s largest bank reports its markets trading income for Q3 2024 hit the highest level in 10 quarters while structured note issuance remains strong in Taiwan.
28 Oct 2024
Chinese regulator tightens structured notes issuance
The new measures came into effect a year after the regulatory body under the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) issued a draft for comments on structured notes’ issuance eligibility and risk management.
22 Oct 2024
Taiwan Market Review, Q3 2024: equity-linked note issuance boosted by semiconductor names
AMD, Taiwan Semiconductor and Arm Holdings are among the most-used underlying assets for equity-linked structured note issuance in the third quarter.
17 Oct 2024
Sun Life Philippines capitalises on structured notes deployed via VUL insurance
The Philippines unit of the Canadian life insurance company's variable universal life insurance attaching structured notes re-launched last year have gained momentum, the company’s head of investments says.