Smartkarma’s Week That Was in JP/KR: Amorepacific, Hitachi, and Trump's 2nd Meeting With KJU
The start of the year has been bullish on the Korean and Japanese stock markets. KOSPI is up 4% and Nikkei is up 3% YTD. Some of the most beaten...
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South Korea's Plummeting Population Growth - Long Term Structural Impact on Korean Banks
It was reported that South Korea's population increased only 0.09% YoY at the end of 2018. The population growth has been declining in the past...
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Shinhan & ING Life Deal Is Now Official - Deal Summary
It is now official that MBK Partner's 59.15% stake (48.5M shares) in ING Life Insurance Korea Ltd (079440 KS) is going to Shinhan Financial...
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Korea Stock Market Monthly Recap #28 (August 2018)
KOSPI was up 1.2% in August, which was a month that provided numerous conflicting messages in the stock market. For example, there is such a huge...
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Value Partners & SC Fundamental Go Activist on KISCO Holdings - A Ridiculous Value
It was reported today that two institutional investors including SC Fundamental (US) and Value Partners (Korea) started to "go activist" on Kisco...
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