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Products
Belgian sales hit new heights driven by fixed income products

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.

Products
Thailand Market Review, Q3 2024: sales volume picks up, interest rate-linked notes in focus

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.

Products
Singapore EAM taps Hong Kong’s mass affluent market with FCN distribution

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.

Market
SG markets revenues driven by EQD, listed products

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.

Market
DBS markets trading income hits 2.5-year high, boosted by EQD

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.

Regulation
Chinese regulator tightens structured notes issuance

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.

Market Reviews
Taiwan Market Review, Q3 2024: equity-linked note issuance boosted by semiconductor names

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.

Products
Sun Life Philippines capitalises on structured notes deployed via VUL insurance

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.

Products
Citi vehicle issues structured products worth US$16 billion in H1

16 Oct 2024

Citi vehicle issues structured products worth US$16 billion in H1

The Luxembourg domiciled company issued more than 16,000 notes, certificates and warrants in the first half of 2024.

Events
SRP Americas 2024: downside protection keeps people invested

16 Sep 2024

SRP Americas 2024: downside protection keeps people invested

Panellists at the SRP Americas 2024 conference held in New Orleans, LA on 11 September discussed the growing popularity of defined outcome ETFs, their strengths and weaknesses and how they fit alongside structured products in investors' portfolios.

Market
SRP releases Wrapper Guide Americas 2024

02 Sep 2024

SRP releases Wrapper Guide Americas 2024

The SRP Wrapper Guide Americas 2024 is out and available for download.

Products
FIGI gains upper hand over CUSIP in US financial product ID battle

08 Aug 2024

FIGI gains upper hand over CUSIP in US financial product ID battle

The long-standing CUSIP ID numbers could be replaced by the FIGI, the free reference data standard used by Bloomberg for financial instrument identification.