Daily Brief ESG: Shinhan Financial: Shareholder Return Ratio of 50% to Boost Corporate Value and more

• Shinhan Financial announced that it plans to increase shareholder return ratio to 50%, improve ROE to 10%, and reduce outstanding shares by 50 million+ by 2027.
• Shinhan Financial Group’s new, outstanding shareholder return policy has been one of the most impressive since the roll-out of the Corporate Value Up program in Korea a few weeks ago.
• The improved corporate governance policy is likely to lead to Shinhan Financial Group outperforming other financial stocks in Korea and KOSPI overall in the next 6-12 months. 

Lucror Analytics’ ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).
We assess Odigeo’s ESG as “Adequate”, in line with its Environmental and Governance scores, while the Social score is “Strong”. Controversies are “Immaterial” and Disclosure is “Adequate”.