Public offerings continue to dominate issuance and sales in South Korea while private placements continue fall.

The sales volume of equity-linked securities (ELS) in South Korea in the first half of 2021 has rebounded towards the pre-Covid 19 levels while equity-linked bonds (ELB) fall back after reaching a record high six months ago. A group of 20 local securities houses together issued 7,981 ELS worth KRW28.9 trillion (US$21.3 billion) in H1 21, up 51.6% compared to H2 20 or 23.7% higher year-on-year (YoY), and KRW13.2 trillion shy of the ELS peak in H1 19, according to data from the Korea Securities D

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