KB News DeskKorea’s ETF clampdown may push leverage demand overseas
Tighter entry barriers risk shifting retail capital offshore while leaving volatility concerns unresolved at home As South Korea tightens rules on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds, overseas markets are expanding their…
How leveraged chip ETFs magnified Korea’s market swings
16 funds launched at market’s peak, amplifying moves in Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Kospi Earlier this year, South Korea emerged as the world’s best-performing stock market as an artificial…
HD Korea Shipbuilding's Q2 profit jumps 73% on high-priced vessel sales
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company for HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding businesses, said Wednesday its second-quarter operating profit jumped 72.5 percent from a year earlier driven by…
CJ CheilJedang eyes sale of starch-sweetener business
CJ CheilJedang is reportedly weighing a sale of its starch-based sweetener business, the latest step in a broader effort to divest low-growth operations since overhauling its corporate structure earlier this…
Mom’s Touch picks Singapore as gateway to halal market
Korean burger chain Mom’s Touch said Wednesday it is entering Singapore through a master franchise agreement with FairPrice Group, the country’s largest retailer, as it seeks a springboard into Southeast…
Posco advances rare earth supply deal in Brazil
Posco International is expanding into Brazil’s rare earth market, partnering with a mineral exploration company to secure and diversify its critical minerals supply chain, the company said Wednesday. The trading…
Hyosung lands Brazil transformer deal, grid-tech partnership
Hyosung Heavy Industries said Wednesday it won an order to supply ultra-high-voltage transformers for a Brazilian hydropower plant and agreed to jointly develop grid-stabilization technology with a global hydropower plant…
Chung says Hyundai has ‘long way to go’ in Brazil push
Automaker eyes hydrogen expansion as BYD overtakes it in first-half vehicle sales Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun said the automaker still has significant progress to make in Brazil…
Korea eyes $19.8b Texas gas power project as 1st US investment deal
South Korea is nearing a decision to back a $19.8 billion gas-fired power project in Texas as the first investment under its strategic US investment commitment, according to government and…
Gold declines as traders weigh prospects for interest-rate hike
Gold declined ahead of a potentially divisive decision on US interest rates later this week, while a fragile pause in Middle East hostilities soothed inflation fears. Bullion fell as much…
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