Asia Pacific News

SRP Apac 2024: 0DTEs increasingly used to hedge portfolio risks

Asia Pacific | Conferences

29 May 2024 by Summer Wang

Senior executives from market making and asset management outfits discussed how to improve investors' understanding of portfolio hedging.

China: structured deposits assert their dominance

Asia Pacific | Products

29 May 2024 by SRP News

An analysis of wrapper usage in China shows that structured deposits continue to grow their market share.

South Korea: ELB remain ahead of ELS as HSCEI autocall saga bites

Asia Pacific | Products

28 May 2024 by SRP News

With five main wrappers, the South Korean market is one of the most diverse in the Asia Pacific region.

Spotlight on Asia Pacific payoffs … cap prot drives 30% of sales, yield enhancement unscathed

Asia Pacific | Products

24 May 2024 by Jocelyn Yang & Josafin Fu

By estimated sales in 2023, autocallable yield enhancement products reached more than half of the market share in Asia Pacific.

SRP launches Wrapper Guide Asia Pacific 2024

Asia Pacific | Industry

24 May 2024 by SRP News

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

HSBC China: there's room to grow the market, investor base continues to expand

Asia Pacific | Products

23 May 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The structured deposit business was first introduced onshore in 2002, followed by China Construction Bank (Shanghai Branch) debuting the country’s first batch of FX-focused structured deposits in August 2003.

China Market Review, April 2024: issuance rises, Nikkei 225-linked structured deposits emerge

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

22 May 2024 by SRP News

The number of structured deposit issuance rose in April, with the XAU/USD and EUR/USD product issuance doubling year-on-year. Also, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index-linked products emerge in the Chinese market.

SRP Apac 2024: structured products play ‘enabler’ within each asset class

Asia Pacific | Conferences

21 May 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Panelists discussed the timeline for potential interest rate cuts, low volatility, geopolitical risks and how structured product market participants can navigate current macro factors at the SRP Asia Pacific 2024 conference held in Singapore earlier this month.

StanChart Korea puts US$100m aside to compensate HSCEI autocall investors

Asia Pacific | Products

20 May 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The contingency plan comes after the UK bank’s Korea unit sold US$900m worth of autocallable products tracking the HSCEI.