10 Sep 2025
Korean banks eye resumption of ELS sales under new measure, timing remains unclear
The rollout of the regulatory update regarding banks' sales of ELS may be delayed from September towards the year-end.
27 Aug 2025
Hanwha debuts Korea’s first double knock-in autocall for tail risk
The new equity-linked securities (ELS) introduces a protection period after the first knock-in touch with China’s Huatai acting as the hedging counterparty.
08 Aug 2025
South Korea Market Review, July 2025: HSCEI Leveraged Index returns to ELS market, DLBs boom
Interest rate-linked products continue to gain traction, led by the three-month Korea Treasury Bond as the most-sold underlying for DLBs.
22 Jul 2025
Korea’s autocall outstanding turns positive
The country’s ELS and ELB structures recorded higher sales in the first half of the year, according to the central securities depository’s report. Capital-at-risk ELS' outstanding has turned around a declining trend since H1 2022.
16 Jul 2025
South Korea Market Review, June 2025: autocall sales reach six-month high, DLBs in focus
ELS records a sales recovery, while DLBs’ volumes surge 79% year-on-year.
14 Jul 2025
Korean regulator bolsters investor protection amid ELS mis-selling scandal
The increased investor assessment and the change in product description order for high-difficulty financial investment products are among regulator’s targets.
17 Jun 2025
SRP Apac 2025: Korean market awaits clarity from lawmakers
In a fireside chat, two equity derivatives executives from South Korea shared their concern and optimism when it comes to the domestic structured products market.
03 Jun 2025
South Korea: KIS, Samsung report higher ELS sales in Q1
Korea Investment & Securities, Samsung Securities and Mirae Asset Securities record higher sales of ELS in the first quarter of the year, while Hana Securities’ sales drop. Shinhan’s ELS sales turn tepid.
13 May 2025
South Korea Market Review, April 2025: Tesla, Nvidia standing out in ELS issuances
Tesla-linked and Nvidia-linked equity-linked securities (ELS) recorded a sales surge in April, while a basket of index structures remained the top-sellers.
29 Apr 2025
South Korea: capital-at-risk autocalls down 60%
The country’s capital-at-risk products record a 61% drop in outstanding balance by the end of March compared to the prior year period.
03 Apr 2025
Korean securities houses deliver robust performance, ELS sales unscathed
Mirae Asset Securities, Samsung, Korea Investment and Securities, KB and Shinhan’s profit have remained strong in 2024.
04 Mar 2025
South Korea Market Review, February 2025: ELS take off as DLS dip
Equity-linked securities sales rebound 52% while derivatives-linked securities falter.