The country's structured products market continued to cool down in August, with sales decreasing 31% month-on-month (MoM) and issuance slipping 30% compared with July. 

An estimated KRW6.9 trillion (US$5.1 billion) was collected from 1,614 structured products offered on the South Korean primary market in August, according to SRP data. The average deal size remained at US$3 million per product in August, almost the same as the previous month Sales fell 31% compared with July when US$6.7 billion was collected from 2,311 structured products . Year-on-year (YoY), they were up 7.0%, from an estimated US$4.5 billion sold in August 2025. Issuance dropped 30% MoM