Asia Pacific News

T+1 settlement: HK structured notes issuers stick to T+2, accumulators' legacy dividend issue drags on

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

17 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

As the US enters a new era of a faster settlement cycle, the Hong Kong structured products market remains in the T+2 settlement timeframe as some accumulators pivot.

Natixis taps Bofa's Apac EQD distribution head

Asia Pacific | People

14 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The equity derivatives structuring veteran relocated from Singapore to Hong Kong SAR to take a new job with the French bank.

Spotlight on… Apac: single-stock underlyings, sectors exposure in Q1 2024

Asia Pacific | Products

14 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang and Josafin Fu

The consumer electronics and semiconductor narratives drove most of the sales of single stock-linked product in the Asia Pacific market in Q1 2024.

Philippines regulator amends derivatives rules

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

13 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The monetary board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas clarifies notification requirements when banks engage in derivatives transactions, including structured products.

SRP Apac 2024: digitalisation - opportunities and challenges for structured products ecosystem

Asia Pacific | Conferences

12 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

AI and digitalisation have become part of the toolkit to optimise the business flow and some of the challenges facing the structured product industry.

China’s snowballs move to alpha territory

Asia Pacific | Industry

11 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Chinese investors in index-linked autocalls known as snowball derivatives have benefitted from the change of direction of the underlying indexes which have triggered positive payouts.

UBS taps ex-GS exec, bolsters derivatives structuring in Japan

Asia Pacific | People

07 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The Swiss bank is seeking to strengthen its derivatives and solutions structuring business.

SRP Apac 2024 awards: SGX – there is increasing interest from distributors in structured certificates

Asia Pacific | Conferences

06 Jun 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The Singapore Exchange won the Best Structured Products & Derivatives Exchange award under the service provider category at the SRP Asia Pacific 2024 awards.

SRP Apac 2024 awards: Murex – HSCEI autocall debacle has triggered a product shift

Asia Pacific | Technology

05 Jun 2024 by Pablo Conde

Murex won the Best Pricing & Risk Analytics Provider at this year's SRP Asia Pacific 2024 awards.