Tag: South Korea
Shinhan Bank capitalises on ESG outperformance
Asia Pacific | Products
13 May 2021 by Summer Wang
The South Korean bank has entered the ESG space with structured funds linked to sustainable underlyings developed by S&P DJI and Stoxx.
Société Générale: long-dated implied vol in Japan under pressure
Asia Pacific | Products
31 Mar 2021 by Summer Wang
In an interview with SRP, Bharat Sachanandani, head of flow strategy and solutions for Apac at Société Générale, discusses the latest trends in Japanese and Korean autocallable markets, and caveats the implied volatility of the Nikkei 225.
SRP in brief: destructive creation
International | Industry
15 Jun 2020 by Amélie Labbe
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a noticeable influence on workflows and work processes. It has also had an impact on innovation in the financial services space.
Underlyings: a breakdown of South Korea’s top choices
Asia Pacific | Products
01 Apr 2020 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
The South Korean market is relying heavily on major market cap indices to maximise the risk/return trade off investors are seeking. It will be interesting to see how this trend plays out following the severe market corrections of recent weeks.
Structured products troubles: SK brokers take a breather
Asia Pacific | Products
27 Mar 2020 by Pablo Conde
As we have seen over the last few days, the extreme volatility has resulted in hedging headaches for manufacturers of autocalls due to their negative sensitivity to volatility. Here we provide a roundup of the coverage of the structured products market by different media outlets.
Strategic indices in scope as new ELS/DLS guidelines take effect
Asia Pacific | Industry
05 Dec 2019 by SRP News
Despite the recent controversy around equity-linked securities (ELS) and derivative-linked securities (DLS), ELS/ equity-linked bond (ELB) issuances will hit KRW89 trillion in 2019 and KRW91 trillion in 2020, while DLS/derivative-linked bonds (DLB) issuances will reach KRW26 trillion in 2019 and KRW27 trillion, respectively, in 2020, according to Samsung Securities.
View from the top: South Korea needs a wider variety of products
Asia Pacific | Features
14 Oct 2019 by Jihye Hwang
As the South Korean structured products market gets to grips with the recent mis-selling scandal that could result on regulatory restrictions on the sales of complex products by banks, SRP takes a look on the current landscape of the market with Geunhyuk Jang (pictured), research fellow at Korea Capital Market Institute.
South Korea: Escalating trade tensions prompt concerns over autocall losses
Asia Pacific | Products
20 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang
After recovering losses in the first quarter this year from nearing the so-called ‘peak’ level late last year, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) is heading south again due to the heightened trade tensions between the US and China.
Korean securities firms’ earnings boosted by global stock market rally in Q1
Asia Pacific | Industry
16 May 2019 by Jihye Hwang
South Korean securities firms posted record earnings in the first quarter of this year on the back of the global stock market rally that improved the trading environment.
