04 Mar 2025
Equity-linked securities sales rebound 52% while derivatives-linked securities falter.
26 Feb 2025
The new measures will limit the number of bank branches that are allowed to offer these ‘highly complex financial investment products’.
12 Feb 2025
ELS’ sales dropped by 34% compared to the prior year - ELS linked to baskets of indices saw a significant fall, but stock such as Tesla and Nvidia drove some activity last month.
04 Feb 2025
Claims of mis-selling remain as FSS lambasts distributors for lack of suitability and appropriateness checks.
09 Jan 2025
Sales of principal-protected equity-linked bonds continue to skyrocket at year-end while capital-at-risk equity-linked securities drop.
03 Jan 2025
Its latest working paper proposes to ban selling high-risk structured products with unilateral downside risk to the general public.
12 Dec 2024
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.
18 Nov 2024
Sales of principal-protected ELBs increased in October while local tech and utilities sector stocks were among the top investor picks.
05 Nov 2024
Major financial firms in South Korea have seen growth in groupwide and affiliated securities house net profit during the July-September period.
15 Oct 2024
Sales rebound MoM as household names lead the pack. Autocallable sales recover following massive drop in August.
10 Sep 2024
Sales of equity-linked securities dropped 49% year-on-year as they continued to face headwinds after the mis-selling probe earlier this year.
19 Aug 2024
ELS sales slowly recovered MoM. The fully-principal-protected equity-linked bonds tracking Hyundai Motor stock gained visibility in July.