Korean slang profile

BW

A corporate bond carrying a right to request issuance of new shares under specified conditions.

Expanded form: 신주인수권부사채신주인수권부사채 (bond with warrants)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Feb 25, 2021
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
자금 조달 계획서에 BW 발행이 적혀 있어.
The financing plan lists a BW issuance.

02Documented history

February 2021아이뉴스24 gave ‘신주인수권부사채’ alongside BW while introducing corporate financing tools.[1]
Publication date unconfirmedA Financial Services Commission press release explained the structures of convertible bonds, bonds with warrants, and redeemable convertible preferred shares.[2]

03Origin & word formation

아이뉴스24 gives BW alongside ‘신주인수권부사채’ (bonds with warrants). The product structure was supplemented from the Financial Services Commission’s terminology explanation. Who first used the abbreviation and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The article’s Korean explanation was compared with the Financial Services Commission’s structural explanation. The commission’s page lacks publication metadata, so no date was entered.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

주가 올라도 울상인 기업들…메자닌 평가손실에 실적 타격 (아이뉴스24)Published Feb 25, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
보도자료 - 위원회 소식 - 알림마당 - 금융위원회 (금융위원회)Original source checked Nov 13, 2026