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Naver Financial and Dunamu, the parent company of Upbit, announced on Monday that their stock-swap transaction has been delayed to Dec. 31. The delay stems from the changing local regulatory landscape in South Korea. This marks the second postponement of the deal. In March, the two companies

Domestic equity fund investors pulled 9.95 trillion won from stock funds this month as extreme market volatility drove capital into safer assets. According to the Korea Financial Investment Association, equity fund principal stood at 221.8 trillion won as of the previous day, down from end of last m

Richard Heathcote, former Chief Investment Officer of Tether, is seeking buyers for part of his 1.26% stake in the stablecoin issuer after stepping down from the role earlier this year, according to Bloomberg. Heathcote is working

The European Securities and Markets Authority selected Etrading Software (Netherlands) B.V. as the European Union's first Consolidated Tape Provider for over-the-counter derivatives. The appointment follows implementation of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation and represents a

Apple closed 1.31% higher at $312.66 on local time, bringing its market capitalization to $4.592 trillion and narrowing the gap with NVIDIA's $4.732 trillion to approximately 3%. The iPhone maker is drawing investor attention by maintaining a selective approach to AI investments, contrasting with th

231 out of 233 KOSPI stocks are trading below analyst price targets as of the 3rd, according to FnGuide data released on the 7th. The gap widened as investor funds concentrated in AI semiconductors and policy-related stocks, leaving biotech and battery sectors underperforming market expectations.

National Pension Service Chairman Kim Sung-joo announced the NPS would enter the retirement pension market at a press conference on the 23rd of last month. The announcement aims to address low returns and high fees, with Kim stating the NPS could offer fees one-third lower than private operators and

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) convened consecutive meetings with financial institutions on the 7th, 8th, and 9th to assess exposure related to Homeplus leased stores amid the retailer's bankruptcy crisis. The FSS met with banks on the 7th, insurance companies on the 8th, and

William Wood and Thomas Bush filed a lawsuit against Polymarket on July 3 in the New York Supreme Court, alleging breach of contract and deceptive practices over the resolution of a prediction market tied to whether Strategy would sell bitcoin by May 31. The complaint names Polymarket, CEO Shayne Co

Sanil Electric is projected to achieve a 37.2% operating margin this year, according to Epic AI. The South Korean specialized transformer manufacturer significantly outperforms the country's 'Big 3' power equipment makers (Hyosung Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Electric, LS Electric), which

Wemade Group founder Park Kwan-ho announced on the 30th of last month the sale of his entire 39.33% stake in Wemade (13.35 million shares) to NeoPulse at 68,910 KRW per share, totaling 920 billion KRW — three times the market price before the disclosure. The transaction triggered a management

Multiple Korean companies controlled by private equity funds saw credit rating downgrades on May 29 and May 30, following the Homeplus bankruptcy crisis that intensified corporate bond market concerns. Korea Ratings downgraded SK D&D from BBB to BBB- and SK Shieldus from A to A-, citing reduced

Your Bourse integrated TradingView's charting technology and Trading Platform library with its Trade Server infrastructure, enabling brokers to build multi-asset trading platforms while maintaining backend control. The integration combines Trade Server's API-first architecture with TradingView's tra

AMD closed at $552.05 on '6일(현지시간),' gaining 6.61%, with year-to-date stock growth reaching 147.04% as the US semiconductor firm positions itself as an alternative to NVIDIA in AI infrastructure. The surge follows rising demand for integrated CPU-GPU-memory architectures driven by agentic AI

Samsung Electronics saw its stock price fall 6.92% to close at 296,000 won despite announcing provisional Q2 operating profit of 89.4 trillion won, representing a 1810% year-over-year increase and exceeding market consensus of 75-84 trillion won. The decline was driven by strong profit-taking,

Three major South Korean K-pop ETFs declined 30-40% from January 2 to July 6, with ACE KPOP Focus falling 32.51%, TIGER Media Contents dropping 41.65%, and HANARO Fn K-POP&Media declining 34.74%, according to Korea Exchange data. The funds' poor performance reflected sharp declines in Big 4

Rhino.fi introduced a USDT credit facility through the Wildcat protocol on the Plasma network to address liquidity constraints in corporate stablecoin settlements and enable high-value cross-chain transactions. The market launched with $2 million initial capacity and offers lenders a projected 10

KOSDAQ market ETFs recorded uniformly negative returns over the past month as the index hit seven new yearly lows since late May. As of July 7, KODEX KOSDAQ150 posted a 1-month return of -17.20%, with all nine KOSDAQ150-tracking ETFs and four KOSDAQ active ETFs showing double-digit negative

Robinsons Retail Holdings Incorporated (RRHI) is set to leave the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) after its largest shareholder, JE Holdings Inc., secured sufficient support through a tender offer that ran from May 25 to July 6. JE Holdings, a privately held holding company of the Gokongwei family o

Kim Min-seok, former Prime Minister and Democratic Party leadership candidate, stated on July 7 that the party must maintain 'maximum tension' to support government operations. Speaking at a National Assembly forum on regional-led growth, Kim emphasized the need for all party members to engage in le