Sales of equity-linked bonds have skyrocketed by 53% MoM, while sales of equity-linked securities were almost cut by half 46% compared to the prior-month.

The sales volume of structured products sold in South Korea remained tepid, hovering around KRW5.7 trillion (US$4 billion) in November, same as the prior month but down over 12% compared to a year ago, SRP data shows. South Korea: sales volumes by month (US$m) Source: SRP Principal-protected equity-linked bonds (ELB) continued to be the largest sales contributor as these products’ volume reached nearly KRW2.9 billion (US$2 billion) which was generated from 362 newly-issued products, ac