Tag: Derivatives
The role of derivatives in the evolution of structured products
International | Products
03 Mar 2021 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
Derivatives and structured products are very closely related and have overlapping uses and purposes within the world of financial instruments.
Daiwa, Mizuho Securities net profit surges
Asia Pacific | Industry
01 Feb 2021 by Summer Wang
The main retail arm of Daiwa Securities Group has seen its asset under custody steadily grow during the past nine months, reaching a record high of JPY70.7 trillion (US$680 billion) as of the end of December 2020 – 66.6% of which is in equity and 15.3% in Japanese bonds.
SGX EQD revenues decline, ESG futures rolled out
Asia Pacific | Industry
25 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has reported a nine percent drop year-on-year (YoY) to S$149.7m in equity derivatives revenue in its H1 FY21 results ended on 31 December 2020.
Latest: BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse in QIS push
International | Industry
14 Jan 2021 by SRP News
BNP Paribas has appointed the Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) group of Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM QIS) to act as the allocation agent for the CSAM QIS Dynamic Multi-Factor Diversified Strategy (DMD7) index.
HKEX 2020 review: DW, CBBC on the up but warrants drop
Asia Pacific | Products
13 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang
As 2020 came to an end, SRP looks at the listed structured products activity on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) including issuance, average daily turnover (ADT), and most popular underlyings across derivative warrants (DWs), callable bull/bear contracts (CBBCs) and inline warrants (IWs).
South Korean ELS issuance drops further, DLS bounces back
Asia Pacific | Products
06 Jan 2021 by Summer Wang
The total balance of equity-linked securities (ELS) and derivative-linked securities (DLS) has amounted to KRW100.9 trillion (US$91 billion) following an upward trend of major stock markets as of 30 September, down KRW6.7 trillion from a quarter ago.
HK SAR non-listed products bounce back
Asia Pacific | Industry
11 Dec 2020 by Summer Wang
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released its latest report on non-listed structured products for public offering sold in Hong Kong SAR during the last quarter.
SRP China 2020: listed products – the Stock Connect's next stage
Asia Pacific | Conferences
07 Dec 2020 by Pablo Conde
The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) published a report in September recommending the introduction of listed structured products linked to Mainland’s A-Shares as a way to move forward the Stock Connect scheme between China and Hong Kong SAR, and increase liquidity in the mainland’s futures market.
Bloomberg: market players are seeking to future-proof their structured products activities
International | Technology
30 Nov 2020 by Pablo Conde
As demand for advanced risk management and valuation solutions increased in the wake of the pandemic, Bloomberg became the first port of call for many structured products market participants looking for risk analytics and ways to respond to new demand driven by monetary policy developments.
