SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — People who invested in stocks last year received the highest returns compared with those who betted on real estate, funds, gold and other assets, financial data showed Tuesday. The benchmark KOSPI ended 2017 up 21.76 percent from a year ago. The increase is 15.5 times the 1.4 percent annual [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks heavily bought by foreign investors shined on the main stock market, while such issues fared far worse on the tech-heavy secondary market, sources said Friday. The average return of the 10 most heavily purchased stocks by offshore investors stood at a whopping 66.5 percent in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korean listed firms’ dividend payouts to foreign investors jumped more than 20 percent in the first nine months of the year due mainly to increased earnings, central bank data showed Thursday. Local listed companies paid foreign investors US$14.09 billion in dividends in the January-September period, up 20.5 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will extend a tax break to companies listed on the KOSDAQ stock market and revamp listing rules to help small and medium-sized firms raise funds through the junior market, the country’s financial regulator said Monday. Details of the tax incentive, including how much tax will be deducted, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top financial regulator said Monday it will draw up measures by the end of this year to encourage the nation’s state pension fund to invest more in the KOSDAQ market. Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, made the remarks during a meeting with executives of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s benchmark stock index is expected to break above 2,500 points by the end of this year, in what would be another milestone for the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), analysts said Friday. The KOSPI closed at an all-time high of 2,484.37 points earlier this week and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors offloaded South Korean stocks and bonds worth US$4.3 billion in September due to profit-taking amid North Korea risks, the central bank said Wednesday. Foreign investors sold local stocks and bonds worth $830 million and $3.47 billion, respectively, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said. It marked the second [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors offloaded South Korean stocks and bonds worth US$3.25 billion in August due to security jitters and profit-taking, the central bank said Wednesday. Foreign investors sold local stocks and bonds worth $1.33 billion and $1.91 billion, respectively, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said. It marked the first sell-off [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign ownership of stocks traded on South Korea’s secondary stock market has hit a new high, data showed Friday, as offshore investors turn to undervalued tech firms there after exiting the main bourse. As of Thursday, offshore investors held 25.98 trillion won (US$22.8 billion) worth of shares traded on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of South Korea’s overseas investment funds has jumped more than 40 percent over the past year as big-time investors look overseas for high returns despite the recent bull of the domestic stock market, data showed Sunday. According to the data by the Korea Financial Investment Association, the [...]