Korean slang profile

CB

A bond carrying a conversion right that lets its holder exchange it for shares in the issuing company.

Expanded form: 전환사채전환사채 (convertible bond)
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
공시 자료에서 CB 발행 조건을 확인했어.
I checked the CB issuance conditions in the disclosure.

02Documented history

February 2021아이뉴스24 gave ‘전환사채’ alongside CB while explaining corporate financing and accounting losses.[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 CB alongside ‘전환사채’ (convertible bonds). 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