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KOSPI 200 companies recorded their highest operating profit in Q2, driven by strong performance from semiconductor leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The record results reflect robust earnings across the semiconductor sector, which served as the primary growth engine. Beyond semiconductors, c

KOSPI fell to the 6000-point range after briefly recovering above 7200 during intraday trading. The index closed at 6869.83, down 108.11 points or 1.55%, as foreign investors sharply reduced their buying activity from over 1.5 trillion won in early trading to just 46.7 billion won by market close. T

Binance shared customer identity and transaction data with Russian investigators despite exiting the Russian market in September 2023, according to a Reuters report. Russian authorities used the information to charge Yuri Belenkiy, a 49-year-old IT specialist, with terrorism financing for donating o

Tokyo bond market participants are treating a Bank of Japan (BOJ) interest rate hike next month as a foregone conclusion, driven by yen weakness and Middle East instability fueling inflation. Asahi Shimbun reported on the 17th that market sentiment reflects a belief that US Treasury Secretary

Wall Street billionaire investors restructured their Chinese tech stock portfolios in Q2, shifting focus toward AI-driven companies. Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office purchased 88,200 Baidu ADR shares worth approximately $10.1 million, marking the fund's first China tech investment

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) released a report on August 18 forecasting that rising US Treasury yields will have limited impact on Asian foreign exchange and bond markets. The Japanese financial group attributed this resilience to the fact that yield increases reflect improved economic

Options investors are betting on further gold price increases, according to Chris Murphy, co-head of derivatives strategy at Susquehanna. Murphy noted that 1-month implied volatility has remained at recent lows while gold prices have continued rising. This environment allows investors to increase

Korean retail investors concentrated trading in leveraged index ETFs during the August 3-14 period as KOSPI passed the 7000 level. KODEX Leverage recorded 18.8987 trillion won in trading volume, the highest among all ETFs, while KODEX 200 followed with 17.6623 trillion won. The shift toward risk ass

TokenWorks is preparing to launch FWAir, a new mechanism allowing artists to introduce NFT collections directly into Fake World Assets (FWA), with the first collection expected this week according to co-founder Adam (Rhynotic on X). The initiative aims to expand FWA beyond trading existing NFTs by c

The Korea Federation of Banks reported that COFIX (Cost of Funds Index), the benchmark for variable mortgage rates, rose to 3.18% in July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase. The new loan-based index climbed 0.13 percentage points from June's 3.05%, driven by rising bank funding costs a

World Liberty Financial received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank, World Liberty Trust Company, National Association. The proposed institution would issue

Korea Investment Trust Management completed a 60 billion won paid-in capital increase on June 30, issuing 60,000 new common shares at 1 million won per share. Parent company Korea Investment Securities subscribed to all newly issued shares. The company stated the capital raise serves to secure

South Korean securities firms and asset management companies face mounting tax burdens from outdated regulations despite rapid growth in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, according to industry reports on the 18th. ETF liquidity providers (LPs)

Hana Securities analyst Lee Jae-man stated on August 18 that Samsung Electronics stocks may lead a KOSPI rebound due to excessive discount rates and reduced foreign ownership. The report compares Samsung to Apple's shift from growth to dividend focus after 2012. Samsung's 2024-2026 shareholder

CoreWeave, Nebius, and IREN are experiencing exceptional growth as neocloud operators serving AI infrastructure demand. CoreWeave has doubled its revenue year over year in each of the last seven quarters, while IREN's growth has stayed above 350% in the last six quarters. The surge in AI

Insurance and pension funds net purchased 2.3 trillion won of Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) mortgage-backed securities issued on the 14th, with market participants speculating Samsung Electronics pension funds entered across all

Lotte Chilsung Beverage's alcohol business revenue ratio remained at 20.0% in the first half of this year. This marks three consecutive years of stagnation at the 20% level, raising concerns about long-term market decline. The alcohol segment accounted for 26% of total revenue in 2023 before

Korean exchange-traded funds focused on robotics and physical artificial intelligence dominated the top five positions in monthly returns as of the 18th, according to the Korea Exchange. Market funds previously concentrated in semiconductors have rapidly shifted toward robot and AI-related

SK Ecoplant posted a standalone operating loss of 2,121 billion won in Q2 despite reporting a consolidated operating profit of 5,336 billion won, driven by provisions for project financing debt and knowledge industry center operations. The construction firm converted 2,500 billion won of