Last year, we covered Bloomberg's summary of the 2011 structured product market by noting that almost "$45.5 billion worth of SEC registered structured products were sold in the US in 2011, down only slightly from $49.4 billion in 2010." In 2012, 7,909 notes totaling just over $39 billion worth of SEC registered structured products were sold in the US -- a decrease of nearly 15%.
Interest rate products continued their decline in popularity with a decrease of almost 30% from 2011 to 2012. Equity-linked products continued to garner significant issuance with nearly 2 out of every 3 products issued (by issue size) being equity-linked in 2012. Reverse convertibles saw a drastic decline in popularity -- less than $2.5 billion in 2012 compared to almost $5.5 billion in 2011.
Structured products continue to be an active area of research at SLCG, and we now have a variety of research papers on important structured product issues. We also have a database of over 10,000 structured product reports available free of charge. We will continue to closely monitor the structured product market, as it is one of the most innovative financial markets today.
SOURCE: Bloomberg L.P.
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