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Last week, the issuance of public bonds, bank bonds, and government bonds all increased due to the large demand for funds from companies following the Chuseok holiday.
Bidding for 2-year and 30-year treasury bonds is also expected to amount to approximately 4 trillion won.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Su-ji = Credit bonds such as financial bonds and corporate bonds are scheduled to be issued this week (6th to 8th), amounting to approximately 2.0511 trillion won.
According to data from the Korea Financial Investment Association and Yonhap Infomax on the 5th, more than 1.21 trillion won will be issued on the 6th, including 700 billion won of Hana Bank bonds and 350 billion won of Shinhan Capital. Most of this week's issuance volume is concentrated on this day.
This is a significant decrease compared to last week's issuance volume of 16.1 trillion won. This week's trading days were limited to three trading days due to the National Foundation Day holiday and Hangeul Day, but last week, due to the large demand for funds from companies after the Chuseok holiday, the issuance of public bonds, bank bonds, and government bonds all increased.
One corporate bond demand forecast is also scheduled this week. On the 6th, demand forecasting for 60 billion won of Paradise [034230] unsecured bonds will be conducted.
Last week, five companies, including SK (AA+), Hyundai Transys (AA-), Korea Zinc [010130] (AA0), and Korea Financial Group [071050] (AA-), began forecasting demand, and most confirmed demand that far exceeded the expected raising amount.
In addition to credit bonds, about 4 trillion won of government bonds are scheduled to be issued next week, and 600 billion won of monetary stabilization bonds (MSBs) issued by the Bank of Korea are also scheduled to be issued.
On the 6th, there will be a bid for 2.1 trillion won in 2-year Treasury bonds and 600 billion won in 91-day MSBs, on the 7th there will be a bid for 1.8 trillion won in 30-year Treasury bonds, and on the 8th there will be a bid for 100 billion won in inflation bonds.
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Demand is expected to be stable in the 2-year and 30-year Treasury bond bidding.
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