SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign ownership of South Korean stocks has fallen below the 30-percent level for the first time in nearly four years as market heavyweights preferred by offshore investors underperformed small-caps this year, the nation’s bourse operator said Wednesday. The value of local stocks held by foreign investors was estimated at [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean stock firms are engaged in an increasing number of legal battles, and eight out of ten lawsuits are bringing them to the dock. According to the Financial Consumer Agency on June 11, the 58 stock firms serving the Korean stock market were engaged in 444 lawsuits seeking 1.728 [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is expected to open to international investors in the latter half of this year, Korean securities companies are busy preparing to join the market by aligning their trading systems and analyzing the stock items in the market. According to financial industry observers, the stock connect [...]