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The price of bitcoin traded in Korea climbed to its highest ever Thursday, fueled by a global rally initiated from spot exchange-traded funds and an impending halving. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, traded in Korea went above 88 million won ($66,000) at around 2 a.m. on Thursday, a ...
South Korea’s major banking holding firm Woori Financial Group and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company took the first step toward partnership as their subsidiaries signed a deal for joint efforts in discovering global investment opportunities. Woori Venture Partners, the v...
Industrial impact According to government estimates, about 250 companies, including Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group, will be subject to the 15 percent minimum rule. Authorities cautioned about a heightened impact on the auto and energy sectors, which have been benefiting from US tax i...
South Korean authorities on Monday introduced a set of measures encouraging listed companies to boost their valuation as a part of efforts to shake off the so-called “Korea discount” which has been haunting the local capital market for decades. Under the “corporate value-up program,” firms lis...
KB Kookmin Bank, one of Korea’s top five commercial lenders here, launched its new Cambodian unit, KB Prasac Bank, to tap deeper into the market by offering loan programs for small merchants and digital banking services. KB Prasac Bank, Cambodia's fourth-largest commercial lender in terms of asse...
Korea Investment Corp., South Korea‘s sole sovereign wealth fund, pledged to increase its exposure to alternative assets to 21 percent by 2024, from 16.1 percent as of May 2021, its Chief Executive Officer Jin Seung-ho told reporters Thursday. The institutional investor, managing $183.1 billion i...
The company said in addition to the size and diversity in green bonds, it has also ramped up its efforts to prevent a ESG bond issuer’s misuse of green bonds to ‘greenwash’ its image. Hyundai Capital said it has set up a Sustainability Financing Framework, which has been certified by DNV-GL, a g...
Forty South Korean investors were found to have invested a total of $16.8 billion in securities issued by thermal coal-related companies worldwide as of January, data exclusively obtained by The Korea Herald showed Feb. 25. The figure highlights calls for more aggressive climate action on the pa...
Tension between the nation’s financial regulator and the central bank are escalating over which institution should hold a supervisory authority in the area of online payment settlements emerging as a key financial transaction method in the era of digital economy. Payment settlement is the proces...
An exchange-traded fund operated by the Vietnam branch of South Korea‘s leading asset management firm Mirae Asset Global made a market debut in the Southeast Asian country‘s stock market, the company said on Dec. 9. The so-called Mirae Asset VN30 Exchange Traded Fund is designed to invest in 30...
Mirae Asset Global Investments, one of South Korea’s largest asset management firms, said on Dec. 1 that it won a US court case against Chinese insurer Anbang Insurance Group over legal disputes involving a $5.8 billion deal to acquire luxury hotels. The Delaware Court of Chancery rejected Anban...
While South Korea’s benchmark index hit an all-time record of 2,633.45 on Friday, a global market gauge also reached a new high, suggesting the country’s stock market may be overvalued. The Buffett indicator -- US investor Warren Buffett’s preferred market indicator -- marked 112.7 percent as o...
NH Financial Group Chairman Kim Kwang-soo has officially been tapped to lead the Korea Federation of Banks, a representative body of commercial banks, officials said on Nov. 27. The KFB board of directors unanimously approved Kim’s nomination as its 14th chairman during a general meeting held ea...
South Korean midsized automotive parts maker Myoung Shin Industry said on Nov. 25 that it is looking to raise as much as 91.2 billion won ($82.3 million) from its initial public offering on the nation’s benchmark Kospi early next month. “We are looking forward to raise our overseas sales from t...
Woori Financial Group said on Nov. 25 that it has set up a 200 billion won ($180 million) fund to invest in social infrastructure projects, called the “Woori Global Infra New Deal Fund.” In September the government announced its New Deal Fund, a state-led fund worth 20 trillion won aimed at inv...
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