Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Hana Financial and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Revised CGT/SST in Korea: Intense Selling Flow on T-1 Ex-Date Will Be Intact Until 2024

Revised CGT/SST in Korea: Intense Selling Flow on T-1 Ex-Date Will Be Intact Until 2024

By Sanghyun Park

  • The all-inclusive CGT will be implemented in 2025. The current partial capital gains tax will be maintained until 2024. And the STT will drop from 0.23% to 0.15% in 2024.
  • The critical cause of an arb opportunity on ex-date price correction+dividend yield has been the yearend selling flow on T-1 ex-date for the purpose of tax avoidance by majority shareholders.
  • So, from this year to 2024, we should keep an eye on this arbitrage opportunity, which will continue to arise.

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