South Korea to fully resume short selling in March: FSC Chief
South Korea will allow short selling on all listed stocks in the country next month as planned, said the chief of the country’s financial regu...
S.Korea’s top financial regulator pushes tax support for value-up program
South Korea is ramping up efforts to encourage companies to enhance shareholder value by providing tax support for its corporate value-up program, a...
Former FSC chief Shin Je-yoon likely to be tapped as Samsung board chair
Shin Je-yoon, former chairman of South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), will likely assume the role o...
Govenment calls end to Korean financial group heads' long-serving posts
South Korean financial group chiefs will no longer enjoy automatic term extensions as the government is stepping up pressure on the groups to improv...
S.Korea’s LS Group wins regulatory nod for securities biz
South Korea’s electrics components-to-energy conglomerate LS Group is set to start the securities business as it secured regulatory approval t...
Fractional investing to gain traction in Korea with green light from FSC
Come September, South Korean investors will be able to freely and safely buy and sell fractions of artwork and even live cows just as they do with t...
Korea to adopt cornerstone investor system to vitalize IPOs
South Korea is set to introduce a system of cornerstone investors who agree in advance to subscribe to a forthcoming listing with conditions of lock...
Korea's Yoon presses banking, telecom sectors over inflation
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday called for measures to stabilize mounting price pressure caused by "oligopolies" in the banking an...
Korea to allow investors to sell stocks at pre-split-off values
South Korea is set to allow individual shareholders to sell their stocks at prices before a split-off if they oppose a company’s separation pl...
S.Korea to take measures to support stock, bond markets
South Korea is set to take measures to stabilize local stock and bond markets hit by global interest rate hikes amid growing risks of a worldwide ec...
New FSC chief nominee tough on household debt, against cryptocurrencies
South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...
