Electronic Registration of Bonds and CDs Reaches 328 Trillion Won in First Half, Up 4.6% Year-on-Year

▲ Bond investment (File Photo)

The Korea Securities Depository announced on July 15 that the volume of electronically registered bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs) reached approximately 328.7 trillion won in the first half of this year, a 4.6% increase from the same period last year (314.3 trillion won).

Compared to the previous half (328.8 trillion won), the figure decreased by approximately 100 billion won, showing little difference.

The volume of electronically registered bonds was approximately 308.6 trillion won, an increase of 10.3% compared to the same period last year (279.7 trillion won) and a 4.1% increase from the previous half (296.5 trillion won).

The volume of registered CDs was approximately 20.1 trillion won.

This represents a 41.9% decrease from the first half of last year (34.6 trillion won) and a 37.8% decrease compared to the previous half (32.3 trillion won).

In the first half of this year, special bonds accounted for the largest share of registered issuance by type at 43.2%, followed by financial corporate bonds at 28.6%.

These were followed by general corporate bonds (12.3%), CDs (6.1%), special purpose company (SPC) bonds (4.6%), national housing bonds (2.3%), local public corporation bonds (2.0%), and local government bonds (0.9%).

(Photo courtesy of Korea Securities Depository, Yonhap News)

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