SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As the size of real estate-related financial funds and real estate investment trusts – also known as a type of “shadow banking system” – surpasses 300 trillion won, critics say that the government should do more to manage the risks involved with such investments. According to a financial brief [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 20 billion won in South Korean coins and bills has been traded in for new currency over the past five years. Rep. Shim Jae-chul, a member of the Strategy and Finance Committee at the National Assembly, said on Sunday that the value of damaged banknotes, including burnt [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the South Korean stock market experiencing a heavy correction due to the U.S-China trade war and financial instability among emerging states, Inverse Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are yielding high profits. FnGuide financial information services announced that 45 Inverse ETFs with over 1 billion won in assets yielded average [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial industry may have reached the point of excess where its growth will only undermine further economic development. According to the Korea Institute of Finance, credit lines at South Korean financial institutions tend to concentrate on unproductive household loans and small businesses that combine to hamper financial [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of stocks that the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) accepted from other firms in lieu of payment for electric bills were found to have fallen sharply, incurring losses totaling 11.6 billion won. According to data submitted by KEPCO to lawmaker Eoh Kiy-ku of the Democratic Party, who [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, has been sold to Singapore-based BK Global Consortium, industry insiders said Friday. BK Global finalized its contract with the digital money exchange’s largest shareholder, BTC Korea Holdings, on Thursday to buy 50 percent plus 1 stake for 400 billion won (US$352.5 million), according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday raised the need to introduce a dual-class share system for venture companies in a bid to help them secure funds while defending their managerial rights. As a key management defense tool, the dual-class share system allows major shareholders to exercise multiple voting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 60 percent of bank services and products, including deposits and lendings, are processed online, regulator’s data showed Wednesday, indicating a trend for non-face-to-face financial services. Records provided by Financial Supervisory Service to Rep. Lee Hack-young of the ruling Democratic Party showed that, of the 11.69 million banking services [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – New data reveals that there are as many as 244 people who are minors “in charge of“ real estate leasing services in South Korea, and 23 of them were found to be high-income earners making more than 100 million won per year. Kim Doo-kwan, a member of the finance [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. topped the list of holdings sold off by foreign and institutional investors in 2018, market data showed Monday. During the first nine months of this year, offshore investors sold shares of Samsung Electronics worth 3.56 trillion won (US$3.15 billion), according [...]