Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Edaily, as of August 25, South Korea's TIGER LG Group Plus ETF rose 8.96% over the past month, leading major conglomerate-focused funds. ACE POSCO Group Focus gained 7.60% and PLUS Hanhwa Group advanced 6.91%, buoyed by improved earnings from LG subsidiaries including LG Chem and LG

Hanwha Group's holding company surged on the 25th after completing its spin-off and re-listing on Korea Exchange, with the stock rising 17.40% from its opening price to 118,100 KRW. The rally followed the company's structural reorganization, which consolidated operations around core subsidiaries in

According to Korea Exchange, Hanwha Co., the holding company of Hanwha Group, resumed trading on August 25 following a stock split and surged 17.4% to 118,100 won on its first day of trading. The company closed at 17,500 won above the opening

According to Jin10, Russia's Afipsky refinery in the southern Krasnodar region caught fire after being attacked by drones overnight on August 25. Local emergency services are responding to the incident at the facility near the Ukraine border. The refinery, owned by privately-held ForteInvest, has

According to TradingBeats monitoring, over the past 7 days from August 18, SK Hynix (SKHX) has outperformed Sandisk (SNDK) by approximately 15 percentage points, marking a shift in storage sector leadership. SKHX rose 3.3% to $1,219.6, while SNDK fell 11.6% to $1,526.1 and Micron (MU)

According to Jin10, on August 25, Takayuki Miyajima, an economist at Sony Financial Group, identified neutral interest rates as a key risk to Japan's government bond market. If financial conditions remain loose despite rate hikes, market expectations for neutral rates could climb above the current f

France's August consumer confidence index came in at 86, missing the expected 86 and matching the previous month's reading, according to INSEE data released today.

According to Strive CEO Matt Cole, February 19 marked the bear market bottom for the company's stock $ASST, when the CFO, CLO, and multiple executives and board members purchased shares in the open market. Three independent directors transitioned to full-time roles within six months, signaling

According to financial investment analysts, ahead of Nvidia's Q2 earnings release on August 25, market expectations for an earnings surprise are widely considered certain. However, analysts caution that beating consensus figures alone may not be enough to overcome the recent "sell-on-news"

From November, South Korea will introduce pre-marketing and cornerstone investor frameworks to curb the recurrent issue of IPO stocks surging on listing day and then plummeting within months. The measures aim to reflect institutional investors' actual demand before pricing and secure investors

According to the Financial Investment Association of Korea, as of August 21, domestic MMF (money market fund) balance reached 259.68 trillion won, up 8.12 trillion won compared to the previous month. The figure remains near the record high of 262.97 trillion won recorded on August 13, reflecting

Turton Capital founder Albert Ryan announced on Aug 25 that the activist fund will pursue legal action including court requests to inspect meeting minutes regarding Golfzon Holdings' tender offer. The statement came after Golfzon Holdings failed to respond by the Aug 24 deadline to Turton's Aug 18 o

According to Maeil Business Newspaper, activist hedge fund Theraton Capital founder Albert Ryan threatened legal action on August 25 over the ongoing public tender offer for GolfZon Holdings. Ryan stated he would pursue court filings and requests for board meeting records after not receiving a

According to ChainCatcher, Franklin Templeton received SEC no-action letter approval to integrate $2.6 billion of its tokenized money market fund BENJI into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds for cash management and collateral purposes. The integration could launch as soon as Q4 2026,

According to Guru Club, on June 4, Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 1.2% to 5,076.81.

According to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $338 million on August 24 (yesterday), marking the sixth consecutive day of inflows. BlackRock's IBIT led with $209 million in single-day inflows, bringing its total net inflows to $62.636 billion. Fidelity's FBTC added $105 mill

According to The Fact survey of bond market experts, 79% expect the Bank of Korea to hold its benchmark rate steady at the upcoming August 27 monetary policy decision. This marks a dramatic reversal from one month prior, when 66% of respondents predicted a rate

According to research firm Digitimes, major cloud service providers including Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft reported combined Q2 cloud revenue of $106.3 billion, with year-over-year growth accelerating to 43%. These companies are projected to increase total capital expenditure to $745 billion, wit

Equity-Linked Securities (ELS) issuance in the domestic market declined sharply in August, with issuance through the 24th totaling 1.4773 trillion won, a 58.1% decrease compared to July's 3.5266 trillion won, according to data from Korea Securities Depository. Early redemption amounts also fell by a