- About Association
- Chairman’s Message
- The Association’s Objectives
- Resolution on the Establishment of the Association
- Governing Bodies
- Members
- National Depository Center
- Central Depository of Armenia
- Republican Central Securities Depository
- Georgian Central Securities Depository
- National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
- Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL)
- Central Securities Depository
- Central Depository
- National Settlement Depository
- Merkezi Kayit Kurulusu A.S. (MKK)
- Central Depository
- «Central Securities Depository» JSC
- Korea Securities Depository
- Mongolian Central Securities Depository (MCSD)
- Central Securities Depository of Iran
- INDONESIA CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORY (KSEI)
- Information Materials
- Observers
- Contacts
Korea Securities Depository
| Postal address | BIFC, 40 Munhyeongeumyung-ro Nam-gu, Busan, 608-828 |
| Tel. | 82-51-519-1823 |
| Fax | +82 51 519 1619 |
| contact@ksd.or.kr | |
| Web-site | https://ksd.or.kr/eng/ |
KSD was established in December 6, 1974 under the Securities and Exchange Act (later consolidated into the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act).
Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act
Article 294 (Establishment) (1) The Korea Securities Depository shall be established in order to promote a centralized deposit of securities, etc. (referring to securities and others prescribed by Presidential Decree; hereafter in this Chapter, the same shall apply), transfer of securities between accounts, and settlement subsequent to transactions and smooth circulation.
Yunsu Rhee
Chairman & CEO
Korea Securities Depository
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree
Mar. 1988 ~ Feb. 1994 Economics, Seoul National University
Master’s Degree
Sep. 2002 ~ May 2004 MBA, University of Florida, Warrington College of Business
CAREER
Apr. 2026 ~ Korea Securities Depository (KSD)
Chairman & CEO
Mar. 2024 ~ Oct. 2025 Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Standing Commissioner of Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
Jul. 2023 ~ Mar. 2024 Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Commissioner of Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU)
Apr. 2021 ~ Jul. 2023 Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Director General of Capital Markets Bureau
Jan. 2011 ~ Feb. 2019 Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Director of Financial Market Analysis Division
Director of Non-bank Division
Director of Insurance Division
Director of Banking Division
Director of Capital Market Investigation Division
Aug. 2016 ~ Jun. 2017 Presidential Office for Economic Affairs
Senior Administrative Officer
1995 The 39th Higher Civil Service Examination (Pass)
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Yunsu Rhee was appointed as the Chairman & CEO of Korea Securities Depository (KSD) on April 8, 2026. Prior to assuming this post, Mr. Rhee held key leadership roles within Financial Services Commission (FSC), serving as the standing commissioner of Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) between 2024 and 2025 and as the commissioner of Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) between 2023 and 2024.
Mr. Rhee embarked on a journey as a public servant by passing the 39th Higher Civil Service Examination in 1995. His early career was marked by high-profile positions, most notably including his service as the senior administrative officer at the Presidential Office for Economic Affairs during 2016 and 2017.
His professional expertise in finance was refined at FSC between 2011 and 2025 through extensive exposure to a broad array of industry domains encompassing banking, non-bank finance, insurance, and market analysis.
Mr. Rhee earned his B.A. in economics from Seoul National University (SNU) in 1994 and MBA from University of Florida in 2004.
|
Shareholder |
Ratio (%) |
|
Korea Exchange |
70.43 |
|
KOSCOM |
4.63 |
|
Yuhwa Securities |
3.35 |
|
NH Investment & Securities |
2.9 |
|
Other (53 shareholders) |
18.69 |
Functions provided under Capital Markets Act:
- Deposit of securities
- Book-entry transfer of securities
- Settlement of transactions on the securities exchange
- Settlement of transactions of over-the-counter transactions
- Cross-border deposit and settlement
- Transfer agent
- Separate safe custody of securities
Function provided under other laws:
- Registrar of public and corporate bonds
- Tax withholding for securities transactions tax and special tax for rural development
Functions provided under Articles of Incorporation:
- Collateral management for OTC derivatives transactions
- Gold and precious metals deposit for futures and options transactions
- Intermediation of securities lending and borrowing transactions
- Management of secured call loan transactions
- Provision of securities information
- Repurchase agreement (repo) agent
- Administration of securities certificate forms
- Management of substitute securities for futures and options transactions
Membership in international associations
- Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group (ACG)
- Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD)
- World Forum of CSDs (WFC)
- International Securities Services Association (ISSA)
