SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite this year’s bear market, robo-advisors (RA) have achieved a return rate that surpassed benchmarks in comparison. Robo-advisors, a combination of the words ‘robot’ and ‘advisor,’ automate the distribution of investment assets through computer algorithms. According to Koscom Corp., South Korea’s technology developer for brokerage houses, the rate of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Short-selling of stocks on the South Korean bourses jumped to a seven-month high in May as local shares remained bearish amid escalating trade tension between the U.S. and China, data showed Monday. Daily stock short-selling averaged 537.5 billion won (US$454.8 million) in the main KOSPI and secondary KOSDAQ markets [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Holdings Co., the holding firm of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, ranked No. 1 among all stocks listed on the main bourse in terms of conversion prices, the Korea Exchange (KRX) said Sunday. The conversion price of SK Holdings was 6,775,000 won (US$6,022) based on Friday’s closing price [...]
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — WillScot Corporation (Nasdaq: WSC) (“WillScot”), a specialty rental services market leader providing innovative modular space and portable storage solutions across North America, today announced that the underwriters of its recent offering of 8,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), have exercised their option [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean population slowly ages, the number of elderly investors over 65 are also on the rise in the finance industry. According to a report released on Saturday by the Financial Supervisory Service, 23.6 percent (23.5 trillion won) of the total funds offered by financial institutions (99.9 [...]
MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Telix”, the “Company”), an Australian biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products based on targeted radiopharmaceuticals or “molecularly-targeted radiation” (MTR), has successfully raised $50 million following the close of its fully underwritten Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO was strongly supported [...]
SYDNEY, Australia and MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Medibio Limited (ASX:MEB)(OTCQB:MDBIF) is pleased to announce that it has received firm commitments to raise $13.9 million via the placement of 38,736,640 ordinary shares at a price of $0.36 per share. The placement will be conducted in a single tranche using the Company’s existing placement capacity [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors hold more than half of electric and electronics shares listed on South Korea’s main stock market, data showed Monday. Foreign ownership of those stocks traded on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) market came to 51.2 percent of their total market capitalization as of Wednesday, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign ownership of listed firms belonging to South Korea’s top 10 conglomerates tumbled nearly 4.6 percent over the past month amid a market correction, data showed Monday. Offshore investors held a combined 349.2 trillion won (US$310 billion) worth of shares in 95 listed firms of the leading business groups [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s real estate investors may move their money to the stock market following tough government measures to cool the overheating housing market, analysts said Friday. In a desperate bid to rein in soaring apartment prices, the government unveiled a package of measures Wednesday, including the designation of areas [...]