South Korea
Lehman administrators win CLN case in Korea
Seoul District Court dismisses efforts by Korea Investment & Securities to claim payment from Lehman Brothers International related to the Korean company's purchase of credit-linked notes in November 2006.
Deutsche Bank's securities and exchange-trading operations banned in Korea for six months
Deutsche Bank's securities and exchange-trading operations have received a six-month ban in Korea for making 44.87 billion won ($40 million) in ‘illegal profits’ from market manipulation, following an investigation by Korean regulators; prosecution of…
Video: FSC's Jong-Goo Yi on Sifis and G-sifis post-G20
Korean regulator Jong-Goo Yi outlines how regulators are framing the debate on how to supervise systemically important financial institutions
Rules and regulation take centre stage at Asia Risk Congress 2010
Rules and regulations
South Korean export markets won’t slow
South Korean freight derivatives growth will not slow, despite the financial regulator’s institutional warning to Barclays and a caution to an individual at JP Morgan for breaking local banking rules by selling inappropriate currency derivatives that are…
South Korea regulator to investigate potential 'unfair selling' by Deutsche
Deutsche Bank under scrutiny by the Financial Supervisory Service for alleged unfair selling
Asia Risk Congress 2010: CVA ‘less relevant’ for domestic banks
Panellists discussing the finer points of credit valuation adjustment (CVA) at the Asia Risk Congress 2010 said despite all the current talk about CVA in the region, it may prove to be less relevant for Asian institutions compared with their…
Asia Risk Congress 2010: G-20 summit a success on regulation, says Korean official
In his keynote speech, Korean regulator Jong-Goo Yi highlighted the G-20's success in agreeing international regulatory reform.
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