Website www.ksd.or.kr/eng Headquarters Busan | Founded 6 December 1974 Parent organization Korea Exchange | |
Type Central securities depository Number of locations Busan, Seoul and Ilsan
2 branches
Hong Kong office Key people Lee Byungrhae (Chairman & CEO) | ||
Korea Securities Depository is the central securities depository (CSD) of Korea, providing central custody of securities, book-entry transfer, and settlement of securities transactions. KSD was established in December 6, 1974, under the Securities and Exchange Act (later consolidated into the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act). It is a non-classified public institution under the Financial Services Commission (South Korea). KSD holds in custody securities valued at KRW 3,149 trillion (end of 2014), and processes a daily average of KRW 70 trillion in securities related cash.
History
The rapid growth of the Korean securities market in the 1970s called for an efficient facility for the custody and settlement of securities. The 5th amendment the Securities and Exchange Act (SEA) on February 6, 1973 provided the legal grounds to implement a CSD system, and on December 6, 1974, the Korea Securities Settlement Corporation (KSSC) was established. On April 25, 1994, KSSC was re-incorporated as Korea Securities Depository (KSD), a special public corporation pursuant to the 11th amendment to the SEA (December 17, 1993). The amendment also provided a legal basis for KSD to act as the sole CSD of Korea.