SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping vision to revitalize South Korea’s capital markets by promoting dividend-friendly policies, cracking down on unfair trading practices, and positioning equities as a viable alternative to real estate for household investment. Speaking at a roundtable held at the Korea Exchange’s Market Surveillance Committee [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The combined market capitalization of South Korean stocks held by foreigners has exceeded 517 trillion won (US$449 billion), hitting an all-time high, data showed Tuesday. Foreigners have purchased a net 4.62 trillion won worth of shares here this year alone, helping drive up the benchmark index KOSPI to 2,133.79 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – When an investor asks a researcher at a brokerage firm about market conditions right after the opening of the Korean stock market, the researcher usually replies, “The market direction will be clearer after 10:30 (the time when China’s stock market opens in Korea).” This phenomenon shows that the Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies are set to increase dividend payouts for 2014 under growing government pressure to return more to shareholders, data showed Monday. Among the 18 listed companies that have announced their dividend plans as of Friday, 15 said they would deliver more to shareholders with their 2014 dividends [...]
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SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign investment firms are putting out a series of optimistic forecasts for the stock market in 2015, which are overall more generous than those of domestic firms. For example, Fidelity Worldwide Investment, the asset management firm with US$280 billion under management, said in a recent report on the Korean market for [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey on the stock market, baby boomers are leaving the market as they try to increase the portion of investment in pension and insurance accounts preparing for their post-retirement lives. According to the Korea Exchange’s survey on stock investors and their holding volume of a [...]