SRP takes a look at the most popular underlyings in the Apac region during the first half of 2020 (1 January to 30 June). All the products below exclude flow types.

The first half of the year in the Apac region saw Alibaba’s listing in Hong Kong shake the local market while currency pairs replaced the USD 3M Libor in China. Index baskets continued to be most welcomed in South Korea and Japan. Hong Kong Single equity became the asset class of choice when it comes to underlyings compared to H1 19 when equity baskets had a higher presence in the market. Alibaba’s shares collected the highest sales at US$ 2.45 billion across 136 products, represe