Mirae Asset Securities has succeeded in issuing 100 billion won worth of digital bonds.
Mirae Asset Securities said on the 29th that it simultaneously issued digital bonds worth HK$325 million and $30 million. The issuance was conducted as a private placement, with HSBC as the lead manager and Mirae Asset Securities Hong Kong as the co-manager.
According to the company, HSBC's tokenization platform "Orion," linked to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)'s Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), the official bond settlement infrastructure, was used for this digital bond issuance. It is a Blockchain infrastructure designed on the same technological foundation as the Hong Kong government's digital green bond. Mirae Asset Securities said this is meaningful in that it has proactively adopted a global standard in digital finance.
Digital bonds are bonds issued and traded using Blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT), with the entire process automated from issuance to interest payments and maturity redemption. The company said that, through distributed ledger technology, transaction records are written to the Blockchain, enhancing transparency while also improving settlement efficiency and stability.
The company said this digital bond issuance also aligns with the "Mirae Asset 3.0" strategy. The plan is to build a digital finance ecosystem that spans traditional and digital assets, expanding access to high-quality global assets for customers and providing corporations with more efficient funding tools. It added that, going forward, it will continue to roll out innovative financial products such as hyper-personalized financial services that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3 technologies, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA).
A Mirae Asset Securities official said, "The success of this digital bond issuance is an important milestone showing that Korea's finance can lead the global digital asset standard," adding, "Through an expanded financial ecosystem, we will offer innovative asset-building opportunities to everyone from individual investors to institutions and help Korea rise as a global financial hub."