STRUCTURED PRODUCTS - Moving up a gear

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STRUCTURED PRODUCTS - Moving up a gear

December 01, 2004 (Last updated: November 26, 2008)

Private banking clients' never-ending search for yield has catapulted structured products into the limelight. Private banks have steadily increased their allocations in recent years, as clients have been tempted by the possibility of greater returns over and above vanilla instruments. Richard Morrow looks at the vast array of products now on offer.

MOST BANKERS CONSERVATIVELY estimate that private bank investment flows into structured products have at least doubled over the past three years. “Our assets under management have increased in average by over 25% per annum in the past two years and...

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SOUTHEAST ASIA DCM

Rank

Bookrunner Parents

Deal Value $ (Proceeds) (m)

No.

%share

2012 YTD Rank

HSBC

4,160

8.3

Standard Chartered Bank

4,110

8.2

Goldman Sachs

3,666

7.3

Deutsche Bank

3,354

6.7

Citi

2,774

5.5

DBS

2,341

4.6

JPMorgan

2,288

4.5

CIMB Group

2,095

4.2

Siam Commercial Bank

1,835

3.6

RHB Capital Bhd

1,688

3.4

Subtotal

28,311

161

56.2

Total

50,423

249

100.0

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