Tag: South Korea
Korean watchdog sounds alarm on leverage/inverse commodity ETNs
Asia Pacific | Products
17 Mar 2022 by Summer Wang
The FSS has warned investors in leverage and inverse ETNs of discrepancies between the market price and intrinsic value as several commodity-linked notes are suspended.
Sell-side: too early to talk about HSCEI autocall loss
Asia Pacific | Products
16 Mar 2022 by Summer Wang
The China-focused index, which is commonly tracked by autocallable notes, is inching closer into short Vega where hedging costs can pile up.
Court upholds Hana Bank’s DLF penalty over mis-selling
Asia Pacific | Regulations & Legal
14 Mar 2022 by Summer Wang
The investment banking subsidiary of the group was the most active issuer of South Korea’s derivative-linked bonds (DLBs) in 2021.
Korea DLS/DLB sales hit 10-year low
Asia Pacific | Products
31 Jan 2022 by Summer Wang
The market share of the top five issuers in the country has decreased by more than 10% in 2021.
Korean ELS rebounds in 2021 despite fallen private placements
Asia Pacific | Products
27 Jan 2022 by Summer Wang
The total traded volume of equity-linked securities (ELS) and equity-linked bonds (ELBs) have increased in 2021 year-on-year (YoY) led by public offerings that feature overseas index underlyings.
Korea market continues to shrink
Asia Pacific | Products
20 Jan 2022 by Summer Wang
The South Korean market continued its free fall since its peak of 2019.
Apac – top underlyings 2021: headline indices continue to dominate
Asia Pacific | Indices
10 Dec 2021 by Summer Wang
SRP analyses the most popular underlying assets for non-leveraged products with a strike date in the 2021 (as of 9 December) in some major Apac markets.
BNK Securities enters Korean SP market
Asia Pacific | Industry
23 Nov 2021 by Summer Wang
The subsidiary of Busan Bank has issued eight principal-protected structured products since August as its net income in Q3 21 doubled year-on-year (YoY).
South Korea ELS issuance reaches new low – KSD
Asia Pacific | Products
19 Oct 2021 by Summer Wang
Sales of equity-linked securities (ELS) in South Korea continue to shrink despite a stable issuance.
