Asia Pacific News

South Korea Market Review, June 2024: cap prot ELBs lead the pack, Samsung gains visibility

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

16 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Domestic blue-chip stocks were the preferred underlying assets deployed via principal-protected equity-linked bonds last month. Shinhan Securities continued to lead the overall sales, with nearly 17% of the market share.

SRP Apac 2024 Awards: SocGen capitalises on cross-asset products, bolsters FIC

Asia Pacific | Conferences

15 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Société Générale (SG) has been recognised as the “Best House, Asia Pacific” for the sixth time, as well as “Best House, Japan” and “Best House, Asian Equities” at the SRP Asia Pacific Awards 2024.

Japanese investors hold back on PRDC as USD/JPY ‘too high’

Asia Pacific | Products

11 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Investors are hesitant to trade 'power reverse dual-currency notes' tracking the USD/JPY pair due to the high spot level.

SRP Apac 2024 Awards: MSCI – risk control indices gain visibility

Asia Pacific | Conferences

09 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

The global index provider was recognised as the “Best Index Provider” at the SRP Asia Pacific 2024 award ceremony in mid-May for its contribution to the development of custom and risk control indices sold via structured products across Asia, including Thailand and South Korea.

Spotlight on Apac: FX rates gain market share, AUD/USD pair leads the pack

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Jul 2024 by SRP News

In Asia, the Australian dollar against the US dollar topped the league table as the most-used FX rate underlying in Q2. Meanwhile, the issuance of structured deposits tracking the FX rates in China boomed.

Exclusive: SocGen lists US single stock derivative warrants in HK

Asia Pacific | Products

05 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

With the listing on Friday, the French bank's range includes over 20 derivative warrants tracking Magnificent Seven stocks as well as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

HK’s Goldhorse inks deal with OCBC

Asia Pacific | Products

03 Jul 2024 by Jocelyn Yang

Year-to-date, the Hong Kong-based company has seen approximately US$1.5 billion in structured note notional traded on its multi-issuer platform. OCBC became the 16th issuer to quote on the platform.

Hong Kong Market Review, May 2024: Blue-chip stocks remain on top

Asia Pacific | Market Reviews

02 Jul 2024 by SRP News

The issuance of derivative warrants (DWs) and callable bull/bear contracts (CBBCs) recovered in May with blue-chip tech and banking stocks driving most of the underlying assets trading activity.

India bans advertising of ULIPs as ‘investment products’

Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal

01 Jul 2024 by Summer Wang

Unit-linked insurance policies, index-linked insurance and annuity products cannot be advertised as ‘investment products’, according to the India’s insurance regulator.