The Korea Securities Depository noted on the 15th that the amount of funds raised by corporations through the electronic registration system for bonds and certificates of deposit (CD) in the first quarter of this year (January to March) totaled 145.9 trillion won. This is a 16.3% increase compared to 125.5 trillion won in the first quarter of last year.
The issuance scale of registered bonds and CDs in the first quarter of this year was 129.6 trillion won and 16.3 trillion won, respectively. Compared to the same period last year, bonds increased by 13.5% and CDs by 44.2%.
By type of bonds, corporate bonds accounted for the largest scale at 80.3 trillion won. Among corporate bonds, financial company bonds accounted for more than half with 46.8 trillion won. Following were special bonds at 40.6 trillion won, national housing bonds at 3.5 trillion won, local government bonds at 3.2 trillion won, and local government bonds at 2 trillion won.