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Mirae Asset Capital to buy W40b worth of brokerage unit’s stocks

Feb 13, 2020

Mirae Asset Capital to increase stake to 21.1%
Barings Korea names CIO as co-head

Feb 13, 2020

Barings Asset Management Korea has named its Chief Investment Officer John Park as its joint head in a revamp to pursue efficiencies in management. Park will serve as one of BAMK’s two representativ...
JB Financial logs record-high net profit in 2019

Feb 12, 2020

Banking group attributes performance to balanced portfolio, successful ASEAN expansion
Stock prices of firms behind ‘Parasite’ hit new high

Feb 12, 2020

Shares of both Barunson E&A, the production company of Oscar-winning “Parasite,” and the entertainment division of stationery and restaurant conglomerate Barunson hit a new 52-week high Wednesday. B...
Hanhwa’s Lifeplus brand wins iF design awards

Feb 12, 2020

Lifeplus, a joint brand of South Korean conglomerate Hanhwa Group’s financial businesses, bagged two awards at the world’s prestigious International Forum Design Award 2020, according to Hanhwa Life,...
Busan to inject W205.6b to boost tech hub

Feb 12, 2020

Busan Metropolitan City said on Wednesday it plans to inject a total of 205.6 billion won ($174.4 million) this year to launch a new technology hub in South Korea’s second-largest city and back the s...
Applications for Techstars Korea’s first batch to close March 1

Feb 12, 2020

Techstars Korea, a South Korean unit of Colorado-based global startup accelerator Techstars, said Wednesday applications for its first accelerating program in the nation will close on March 1. The f...
Korea to employ Silicon Valley-inspired SAFE venture investment method

Feb 11, 2020

South Korea is poised to employ a Silicon Valley-style venture capital instrument starting from July, to let startups raise funds with fewer strings attached. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups promu...
FSC to have final say on FSS-Woori dispute

Feb 11, 2020

Regulator to review watchdog’s sanctions decision on chief of banking group
NPS posts highest return on investment since 2010

Feb 11, 2020

South Korea’s state pension fund National Pension Service said on Tuesday that it posted the highest return on investment in 10 years in 2019 largely due to the bullish stock markets here and abroad....
[News Focus] Battle intensifies to become ‘Korea’s Goldman Sachs’

Feb 10, 2020

Hana Financial is the latest to enter IB market amid concerns over brokerages focusing on real estate, not startups
MMAA chief meets US PEF Rhone, ex-Trump adviser Bolton

Feb 10, 2020

South Korea's institutional investor Military Mutual Aid Association said Monday its Chief Executive Kim Do-ho held a closed-door meeting with a batch of top officials at US-based private equity hous...
[News Focus] Woori, FSS lock horns over Sohn’s leadership

Feb 10, 2020

The conflict between Woori Financial Group and South Korea’s financial watchdog has escalated over the disputed leadership of its top executive in light of the alleged extensive financial product mis...
Korea’s capital market full of opportunities: FSC chief

Feb 10, 2020

Giving the thumbs-up to South Korea’s capital market which is undergoing continuous reforms, the nation’s top financial regulator said Monday that foreign investors can discover fresh opportunities h...
NPS raises number of big-stake firms

Feb 10, 2020

South Korea's state pension provider owns 5 percent or more of over 300 listed companies amid increased shareholder activism by the service, a financial information provider said Monday. The Nationa...