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Markets
Korean treasury yields fall to lowest level in over 2 years
South Korea’s treasury bond yields fell to their lowest points in more than two years, slipping below the 3% level for the first time since Ap...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Woori Financial vows higher shareholder returns, value-up after record Q2
Woori Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s fourth-largest financial services holding company, plans to significantly enhance its shareholder va...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial's quarterly profit hits record on interest margin growth
South Korea’s largest financial holding group KB Financial Group Inc. has logged its record quarterly profit in the April-June period, thanks ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto
For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Net zero, digitalization to boost private infrastructure investment
Infrastructure debt is a growing asset class with much to offer investors, with a wide range of assets and characteristics available. AllianzGI mana...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MG Non-Life Insurance deal falls through with no bidders
The sale of South Korean mid-sized insurer MG Non-Life Insurance Co. has been canceled as the financially distressed insurer failed to attract any b...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean banks raise mortgage rates despite looming rate cut
South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial builds disaster response system
South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group announced on Sunday that it established a disaster response system to provide swift and substantial assistance...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial mulls non-banking M&As for growth: CEO
Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea's top five financial groups, is mulling mergers and acquisitions in non-banking sectors in a bid to seize n...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi on upward run; individual investors turn bearish
South Korean individual investors are strongly betting on a drop in domestic share prices, in contrast to foreign investors’ aggressive buying...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high
Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Young rich Koreans: Financially literate, self-directing
Young South Korean millionaires want to take more control of their investments and bet on sectors they know, not relying passively on private banker...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Meritz to return 50% of net profit to shareholders
Meritz Financial Group Inc. became the first South Korean financial holding company to unveil a concrete shareholder return plan, pledging to alloca...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean IPO boom sets record; bubbles burst post debut
South Korea’s initial public offerings in the first half of this year were oversubscribed 1,610 times, the highest-ever rate for a half-year p...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis to buy e-commerce 11Street
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. is poised to acquire the country’s leading e-commerce operator 11Street Co. to ramp up its ...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
South Korean brokerages woo super-rich to make them even richer
South Korea’s baby boomers, the demographic cohort born between 1955 and 1963, have largely built their wealth through hard work, savings and ...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chemical's rating outlook cut on worsening financials
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals maker Lotte Chemical Corp. has taken a hit from a lowered credit-rating outlook of the company and its majo...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial, Natixis to manage global private equity fund
South Korea's Woori Bank and Woori PE Asset Management announced on Thursday that they have signed a "strategic business agreement for creating a ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korea's bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives
South Korea’s financial assets in the US hit a record high last year due to the US stock market rally and Korean companies’ capital inje...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Woori adopts Samsung culture index for internal controls
Woori Financial Group has adopted Samsung Electronics Co.'s Samsung Culture Index (SCI) to tighten its internal controls, which will be given more w...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Hanwha Life Financial Services gets A+ credit rating
South Korea's Hanwha Life Financial Services said on Tuesday it received an A+ (Stable) credit rating from Korea Ratings, becoming the first domes...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Hyosung Chemical receives negative credit rating outlook
South Korean credit rating agency NICE Investors Service Co. (NICE) downgraded Hyosung Chemical's credit rating outlook from stable to negative on W...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life gets Moody's A1 credit rating for 10 consecutive years
South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received an A1 (stable) insurance financial strength rating from Moody's Rat...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tcha Partners mulls largest-ever sale of Korean bus operators
Seoul-based private equity firm Tcha Partners Asset Management Co., which owns 17 domestic quasi-public bus operators via four funds that closed at ...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets
South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea likely to lift short-selling ban in April after leveling playing field
South Korea’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), said on Thursday it will extend its blanket stock short-selling ba...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial units to reside under one roof in Vietnam
Shinhan Financial Group Co. is upping the ante in the Vietnamese financial market to further widen the gap with rivals as the country’s leadin...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean retail investors’ US stockholdings at record high
South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June amid the US stock market rally, while ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Retail-focused Shinsegae Group is set to outsource delivery services and logistics management for its e-commerce platforms such as SSG.COM and Gmark...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)