South Korea
New value in Korean bond/swap basis play?
Upheaval in the currency markets as a result of fears of protectionist action by a number of emerging market countries to defend their competitive positions has created a raft of threats and opportunities in the financial markets, including a new play on…
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, South Korea
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, South Korea
Analysts hit back at currency war claims
Further Plaza II-type agreement is unlikely, however, and only weak "peer pressure" applied to currency problems, says Barclays Young
Distributor profile: Samsung's novel approach to equity-linked securities
Primed for portfolios
2010 Asia Pacific CVA Forum: Singapore going live with CVA, Korea next?
Domestic banks in Singapore are starting to set up CVA desks at the behest of their regulator, but elsewhere in Asia there are significant obstacles to CVA
JP Morgan taking Autoquote to Japan and Europe
JP Morgan is expanding its automatic email pricing system to new markets and client bases outside of Asia.
Best in South Korea
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Rise in deals signals growing confidence in metals markets, say analysts
The number of global mining and metals deals is expected to soar as part of a trend that signals strong growth in the global metals market, according to analysts
Equity Derivatives House of the Year, Asia
Credit Suisse
Technology provider of the year, Asia – Numerix
For its continued expansion in China and South Korea as well as its established business in Japan, Numerix is the Structured Products Technology Provider of the Year for Asia
HSBC on global hiring spree
HSBC has made a series of hires across foreign exchange trading and sales in Asia and Europe, it confirmed today (August 17).
FSC clamps down on unsecured lending while bolstering Korean repo market
Reform to broaden the use of the onshore repo market in South Korea is expected to help smaller banks and financial institutions better manage their short-term funding and reduce systemic risk. It should also facilitate the development of interest rate…
Asia Risk 15: Mastering mismatches by using ALM risk tools
The development of domestic bond markets and longer-dated hedging instruments in Asia during the past 15 years has helped insurers to manage their duration mismatches. But there is still a long way to go. By William Rhode*
Korean linker volumes soar after introduction of deflation floors
The resumption of issuance of government linkers, which now include deflation floors, should aid the development of inflation derivatives in South Korea
RBS lands BAML structured products sales team
RBS hires four Bank of America Merrill Lynch sales staffers in Hong Kong, including Abhinav Gorawara
South Korea implements product pre-approval regulation
South Korea launched its new derivatives product approval system in June but issues remain
Swap lines better than foreign reserves during crises, research finds
Reciprocal currency swap agreements between central banks bolstered market stability in Korea during the crisis in 2007 and 2008
Stricter supervision in South Korea
Stricter supervision
Korean securities firms seek new technology to offer complex products
Hyundai Securities' technology deal with Sophis may be the start of a trend as Korean firms build their structured products capabilities
Korean risk premiums exceed Thailand, ‘raised long term'
Tensions on the Korean peninsula mean CDS prices are likely to stay high for some time, analysts say
Korean bonds stay strong, despite rising tensions
Sound economic fundamentals have meant South Korea’s sovereign bond yields have remained low despite the political standoff on the Korean peninsula.
Regulatory straitjacket?
South Korea introduced a raft of new legislation with the aim of helping make Seoul a world-class financial centre prior to the financial crisis. But the events of 2007–08 proved a game changer as regulators grappled with the damage wreaked by kikos and…