Sales volumes across Europe increased by 16% YoY in H1 2023 while YTD issuance has already surpassed the total figure for 2022.
Some 120,292 structured products (excluding flow- and leverage) worth an estimated US$81.9 billion were issued in Europe during the first half of 2023 – up 16% by sales volume from the prior year semester, when US$71 billion was collected from 80,810 products. Compared to H2 2022 and H2 2021 sales volumes increased by 48% and 29%, respectively, while they were up 55% from the first semester of 2021. Belgium, Finland, the UK and Italy stood out, registering a 428%, 102%, 24% and 15% incre