Bank Vontobel was planning to launch a customized version of its electronic structured products platform—deritrade—in Asia, with the aim of adding autocallable and equity-linked notes to its list of structured products in a bid to woo investors in the region. [The platform launched in Singapore in January and has seen short-term equity-linked and fixed coupon notes as the most traded structured products among Asia-based investors. The firm expects volumes to increase after the roll out of the platform in Hong Kong (DW, 09/23).]
