Market snapshot

Tim Mortimer analyses Future Value Consultants issuance data for the US and UK structured products markets and finds that non-US indexes are increasingly popular as underlyings in the US

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The Euro Stoxx 50 index was a popular underlying for structured products launched in the US public market in September, accounting for around 15% ($150 million) of issuance and marking a revival of interest in Europe, as well as an increasing willingness on the part of US buyers to look overseas for investment opportunities. But by far the most popular underlying in the US is the S&P 500, which was the basis of $588 million of structured products. The most common single-stock underlying was

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