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Capital raised through IPO lowest in 5 years

The annual volume of capital raised through initial public offerings in the South Korean stock market this year is expected to mark the lowest in five years, amid volatile sessions throughout 2018 du...

December 23, 2018
Finance
Authorities vow closer watch on US rate hike repercussion

South Korea’s central bank has vowed closer monitoring in domestic financial markets to brace for potential volatile capital flows following a US rate hike Wednesday, while the financial watchdog rev...

December 20, 2018
Finance
Rate differentials have minor impact on foreign bond capital outflow: BOK

The interest rate differentials between the United States and South Korea have had a negligible effect on the outflow of foreign capital from the domestic bond market, showed a study by Korea’s centr...

December 19, 2018
Finance
BOK chief warns of risk, lack of driver of economic growth

The head of South Korea’s central bank on Tuesday warned of persisting internal and external risks in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and the lack of a driver for economic growth other than semiconduct...

December 19, 2018
Economy
Short-term bond yield inches closer to base rate

South Korea’s short-term sovereign bond yield has hovered just above the base rate, due to lingering market impact from the government’s plan to repurchase bonds before maturity and market uncertaint...

December 17, 2018
Finance
Lotte to sell off private financing unit

Lotte Group is poised to sell its financing unit Lotte Capital and discuss the matter in the respective board of directors meetings of its shareholding Lotte subsidiaries this week, according to a ne...

December 17, 2018
Finance
Delisting of pharma firm sparks debate on market fairness

The South Korean market operator’s decision to delist a local pharmaceuticals company is raising questions about the fairness in authorities’ action against firms accused of accounting errors, with i...

December 16, 2018
Finance
Korean stock market on bull run on signs of trade war thaw

South Korea’s stock market benchmark indexes were moderately higher Thursday on signs of abating trade strife between the United States and China. The top-tier benchmark Kospi inched up 0.6 percent ...

December 13, 2018
Finance
Korean golf course operator hits price ceiling on Jim Rogers nomination news

A listed South Korean golf course operator with a track record of doing business in North Korea hit the price ceiling Tuesday on anticipation that US business guru Jim Rogers had been nominated as th...

December 11, 2018
Finance
Kyobo Life Insurance seeks to go public next year

Kyobo Life Insurance, South Korea’s third-largest life insurance firm by total assets, announced Tuesday it would seek an initial public offering by the second half of next year to raise capital in t...

December 11, 2018
Finance
KRX lifts suspension of Samsung BioLogics stock trading

The Korea Exchange, South Korea’s sole securities market operator, decided Monday to resume transactions of Samsung BioLogics shares, about a month after the company was slapped with a trading suspen...

December 10, 2018
Finance
Woori Bank opens 4th foreign banking center

Woori Bank, South Korea’s fourth-largest commercial bank by total assets, has opened its fourth foreign banking center in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, according to the bank on Monday. An internal view ...

December 10, 2018
Finance
Foreign flight from Korean securities market wanes in Nov.

Foreign investors’ flight from the Korean securities market eased by the end of November, followed by signs of relief in stock performances, monthly data showed Monday. Foreign investors net purchas...

December 10, 2018
Finance
KRX to discuss fate of troubled Samsung BioLogics this week

The Korea Exchange, the operator of the nation’s equity market, seeks to review this week the accounting misconduct of the country’s second-largest biotech company by market cap, which could result i...

December 9, 2018
Finance
[Global Finance Awards] Mirae Asset Global Investments makes history in overseas business

Ten years have passed since Mirae Asset Global Investments became the first South Korean asset management company to draw investment from foreign clients. Today, as Korea’s leading asset management ...

November 28, 2018
Finance

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