18 Jun 2026
South Korea May 2026: DLBs deliver on the back of strong interest rate-linked volumes
Products linked to interest rate underlyings captured 32% market...
08 May 2026
South Korea April 2026: Korean name-linked ELS products gain traction
Kospi 200-linked equity-linked securities’ volumes surge 56%...
26 Jan 2026
Korea’s interest rate-linked products’ sales surge 53% in 2025: KSD
Capital-protected DLBs see their outstanding volumes rising in...
27 Oct 2025
Korea’s DLBs cross US$20bn in outstanding
Rate-linked products remain popular; Hana Securities leads the...
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...
07 Aug 2025
Korea’s DLB outstanding sustains upward trajectory
A higher number of DLS and DLB issuances shifted to private placement...
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...
06 May 2025
South Korea: derivative-linked outstanding reaches highest level since 2020
Korea Securities Depository’s report shows interest rates remain the...
04 Mar 2025
South Korea Market Review, February 2025: ELS take off as DLS dip
Equity-linked securities sales rebound 52% while derivatives-linked...
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...
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...
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...