Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this insight, we provide an update on the K Bank IPO, which is more likely in 1H 2025. K Bank is one of the largest Internet-only banks in Korea. </li>
<li>A successful IPO of K Bank could have a positive impact on KT Corp (030200 KS) which is the indirectly the largest shareholder of K Bank. </li>
<li>K Bank had total operating income of 51.5 billion won (up 328% YoY) in 1Q 2024. Operating margin improved materially from 5.7% in 1Q 2023 to 19.5% in 1Q 2024.</li>
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In this insight, we provide an update on the K Bank IPO, which is more likely in 1H 2025. K Bank is one of the largest Internet-only banks in Korea. 
A successful IPO of K Bank could have a positive impact on KT Corp (030200 KS) which is the indirectly the largest shareholder of K Bank. 
K Bank had total operating income of 51.5 billion won (up 328% YoY) in 1Q 2024. Operating margin improved materially from 5.7% in 1Q 2023 to 19.5% in 1Q 2024.


KT Corp

Initial Thoughts on the K Bank IPO