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Major Korean securities firms reduced margin loan interest rates from annual 9-10% to 7-8% levels starting late last month, following financial authorities' announcement in July to review excessive rate practices. Samsung Securities and Shinhan Investment Securities lowered rates to 7.5% and 6.95% r

The New York stock market faces multiple major events during the week of August 24-28, as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivers a keynote speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on August 28, NVIDIA releases its second-quarter earnings on August 26, and the July core Personal Consumption

Genesis, Hyundai Motor's premium brand, surpassed 450,000 cumulative sales in the US market by July, marking a decade since its 2016 entry. The brand sold 454,049 vehicles through July and achieved a record 39,088 units in the first half of this year. Genesis has posted five consecutive years of

Lotte Engineering & Construction's financial indicators approached or met credit rating upgrade triggers set by domestic credit rating agencies during the upper half period. The company's debt ratio fell to 163%, down 24 percentage points from 187% at the end of last year, according to the

Inter-Korean economic cooperation stocks surged last week following US-North Korea summit expectations, prompting Korea Exchange to issue investment warnings on the 21st. Joeun People stock rose 80% from 330 won to 595 won, ranking first among all KOSPI and KOSDAQ listed stocks, while INDIEF

IBK Securities launched the 'IBKS Black Numbers (SPAC) Wrap' on the 23rd, an advisory-type wrap account that diversifies investments across domestic listed Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to capture profit opportunities from mergers. The product aims to provide investors with a

Skylabs, a digital healthcare company, will conduct a public IPO subscription on August 26-27 through lead underwriter Korea Investment & Securities. The company aims to raise 26-32 billion KRW to expand its AI-based medical data platform business. Skylabs develops ring-type wearable devices that co

South Korean retirement pension assets reached 553.9 trillion won in Q2 2026, marking a quarterly increase of 45.1 trillion won — the largest gain since statistics began in Q3 2019, according to Financial Supervisory Service data released through the Integrated Pension Portal. Individual-managed

Coinkite released firmware versions 5.6.1 and 1.5.1Q for its Coldcard Mk4, Mk5, and Q Bitcoin hardware wallets on Thursday following a seed-generation flaw that enabled attackers to steal more than $130 million in Bitcoin. The vulnerability, dating to 2021, generated wallet seeds with insufficient r

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT ranked Canada as the worst jurisdiction globally for handling crypto crimes, citing systematic failures by local law enforcement to act on evidence and assist victims. ZachXBT published the ranking on his Telegram channel, placing the UK and India in second and

Korean cosmetics, gold, and biotech exchange-traded funds (ETFs) outperformed during May 3-21, while the KOSPI showed limited gains. SOL Cosmetics TOP3 Plus rose 30.09%, ranking fourth among domestic ETFs, compared to KOSPI's 4.81% gain during the same period. The surge was driven by

Ten BBB-grade or lower credit-rated companies conducted demand forecasting for public corporate bonds in South Korea this year through August 21, marking the lowest count in five years according to investment banking industry data released August 23. Total order amounts for these non-investment grad

The KOSPI stock market recorded a daily average turnover rate of 0.56% in August through the 21st, marking the lowest level this year, according to data from the Korea Exchange released on the 23rd. Despite Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks rebounding recently, investor sentiment remains

Korean stocks listed in the third quarter have underperformed significantly, with eight newly listed companies on KOSPI and KOSDAQ averaging a 25% decline from their offering prices as of the 21st closing price. The companies, which debuted between July and the 21st of this month (excluding REITs an

Six foreign securities firms operating in South Korea recorded combined Q2 net profit of 630.5 billion won, according to data from the Korea Financial Investment Association released on the 23rd. This represents a 213.8% increase compared to last year's Q2 net profit of 290.9 billion won and a 133.3

Korean individual investors shifted their stock buying patterns from June through August, reducing concentration in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to 43.7% of top-20 net purchases by August (through the 20th) from 70.5% in June, according to Korea Exchange data analyzed on the 21st. The

Five major South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges held 566,352 foreign accounts as of last month, but only 90 accounts (0.01%) remained active, according to data submitted to National Assembly member Park Sang-hyuk of the Democratic Party on the 23rd by the Financial Supervisory Service. The

Korean stocks fluctuated this week as US Treasury rate volatility clashed with shareholder return expectations from semiconductor leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The KOSPI closed at 6912.95 on Aug 21, down 0.93% from the previous week's 6977.94, after dropping to the 6400 level mid-week

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, warned that the rapid increase in US debt poses growing risks for investors and recommended increasing allocations to gold and Bitcoin. According to Dalio, recent movements in the US Treasury bond market indicate the long-term Big Debt Cycle has

South Korean non-financial private companies quadrupled their net dollar sales in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, according to Bank of Korea data obtained by Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-jun on the 23rd. Corporate dollar sales in Q2 reached $263.59 billion, a 71.5%