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Investors Pour Money Into Short-term Vehicles Amid Dull Market

SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Investors have increasingly shifted their money into short-term financial instruments such as money market funds this year as the stock market remains sluggish amid low interest rates, data showed Saturday. Money market funds (MMFs) are short-term debt securities such as Treasury bills and commercial papers. They are widely considered [...]

Financial Firms’ Biggest Competition: Starbucks and Alibaba

SEOUL, Korea, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – What could be a potential archrival of a financial company? Usually, it could be other competing financial companies. In Korea, however, diversified market environment changed the notion. Can you imagine that a financial company is competing with a coffee chain or an Internet company? It happens, though. As [...]