Equity-linked securities sales rebound 52% while derivatives-linked securities falter.
Structured products in South Korea recorded a 27% increase in sales volume to KRW6.39 trillion (US$4.4 billion) in February compared to the previous year’s period, SRP data shows. Sales for both capital-at-risk equity-linked securities (ELS) and fully capital-protected equity-linked bonds (ELBs) recovered from a year ago, with ELS sales increasing by 52% year-on-year (YoY) to KRW1.77 trillion and ELB sales also up by 55% to KRW2.26 trillion. South Korea: overall structured product sales