Standards Governing the Establishment of Securities Firms Article 15

A financial institution that concurrently operates securities business shall allocate the operating capital in the same amount as that required under Article 3 hereof. If the paid-in capital of the financial institution is insufficient to allocate the operating capital, it shall carry out a capital increase before applying for concurrent operation.A financial institution that concurrently operates securities business shall allocate operating capital through funds set aside especially for this purpose and, unless doing as provided for in Article 102 of the Banking Act, may not use it for purposes other than securities business.