SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of foreign securities held by South Korean institutions fell in 2022 due to losses from heightened global market volatility, data showed Thursday. The outstanding amount of foreign securities held by institutional investors is estimated at US$365.29 billion as of the end of December, down from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in foreign securities shrank 5 percent in the third quarter due to estimated losses from their bond and stock holdings, central bank data showed Friday. The outstanding value of foreign securities held by local institutional investors stood at US$354.93 billion as of end-September, down $18.69 [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors’ holdings of foreign securities reached a new all-time high in the first quarter of the year on an overseas investment boom, data showed Thursday. Local investors held overseas stocks and bonds worth a record US$101.68 billion as of end-March, up 1.08 percent from three months earlier, [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in foreign securities touched a new all-time high in 2021 amid bullish overseas stock markets, central bank data showed Wednesday. The outstanding value of foreign securities held by local institutional investors stood at US$402.72 billion as of end-December last year, up $29.97 billion, or 8 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors’ holdings of foreign securities touched a new all-time high in 2021 on an overseas investment boom, data showed Thursday. Local investors had held overseas stocks and bonds worth US$100.59 billion as of end-2021, up 39.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in overseas securities surged sharply from a year earlier in 2019, largely due to a rise in their purchase of overseas bonds, central bank data showed Monday. The combined value of foreign stocks and bonds held by South Korean institutions came to US$326.3 billion as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of foreign securities held by major South Korean institutions fell for the first time in more than three years in the second quarter due to a drop in holdings of foreign currency-denominated bonds, central bank data showed Thursday. As of the end of June, the value of [...]