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.
06 May 2025
South Korea: derivative-linked outstanding reaches highest level since 2020
Korea Securities Depository’s report shows interest rates remain the most-used asset class in DLS and DLB issuances in Q1 2025.
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.
09 Jan 2025
South Korea Market Review, December 2024: principal-protected ELB sales spike as investors flock into retirement...
Sales of principal-protected equity-linked bonds continue to skyrocket at year-end while capital-at-risk equity-linked securities drop.
03 Jan 2025
South Korea’s largest labour union calls for more ELS, DLS rules
Its latest working paper proposes to ban selling high-risk structured products with unilateral downside risk to the general public.
15 Oct 2024
South Korea Market Review, September 2024: sales rebound despite YoY drop
Sales rebound MoM as household names lead the pack. Autocallable sales recover following massive drop in August.
29 Jul 2024
FX-linked DLS, DLB gain traction in Korea
In the first half of the year, sales volume of FX rates-linked structured products soared over 7,000% year-on-year in South Korea.
24 Jun 2024
South Korea Market Review, May 2024: autocall sales bounce back, ELS volume soars by 60%
Korea’s autocallable sales continue to show signs of recovery after they recorded a two-month increase in a row. Shinhan Investment leads sales; the Kospi 200 took over the Eurostoxx 50.
03 Jun 2024
South Korea Market Review, April 2024: ELB, DLB sales rebound as capital protection lures investors
The Korean market continues to see investors pivoting from ELS to ELB and DLB products; Hana Securities’ overall structured product sales amounted to 24% market share in April.
28 May 2024
South Korea: ELB remain ahead of ELS as HSCEI autocall saga bites
With five main wrappers, the South Korean market is one of the most diverse in the Asia Pacific region.
16 May 2024
Samsung Securities: ELS shortcomings have shifted product activity
The analyst at the Korean securities house says that while the issuance of recently embattled equity-linked securities (ELS) tied to the performance of HSCEI is expected to recover in the long run, the market participants may pivot their attention to ELS tracking those stock indices of other advanced markets, such as US, Europe, and Japan.
25 Apr 2024
South Korea Market Review, March 2024: Sales fall to 17-month low, HSCEI ELS woes drag on
As the shockwaves of the H share index-linked ELS losses rattle the market, market participants’ attention has started to shift to capital-protected products.