Securities
Issues & Trends
“Big Corporations Are Selling, While Private Equity Firms Are Buying”… Money Flows into Energy and Infrastructure, Driven by AI
“Large corporations are selling, and private equity (PE) firms are buying.”The rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is reshaping capital flows in the domestic infrastructure inves…
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How Much of Every 100 Won in Consolidated Net Income Goes to Parent Company Shareholders? A Closer Look at 854 Listed Companies
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Hanwha Corp. posted a consolidated net income of 1.9916 trillion won in 2025. At first glance, this appears to be a profit nearing 2 trillion won. However, the …
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Samsung and INICS Corporation Transform the Stock Market… “Other Corporations” Emerge as “Key Corporations”
Share buybacks by SamsungElectronics and SK hynix are reshaping the supply-and-demand dynamics of the KOSPI. The traditional trading landscape—divided among retail investors, foreign investors, and in…
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YMT CO., LTD.: “Lawsuit Over Buyback of Shares in Chinese Subsidiary Is Due to Foreign Exchange and Tax Procedures, Not a Refusal to Pay”
YMT CO., LTD.(251370)has stated that the lawsuit filed in China regarding the repurchase of shares worth approximately 15.3 billion won did not arise from the company’s refusal to pay a confirmed debt…
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Countering the 'Bank MoneyMove'… SamsungSecurities Moves to Issue Commercial Paper for the First Time in 9 Years
As the domestic stock market has shown sluggish performance since the second half of this year, the Bank of Korea raised the benchmark interest rate to 3.00%, triggering a “reverse MoneyMove” in which…
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Artist Company Partners with TikTok… Expanding Global Brand Business by Leveraging Actors’ IP
Artist Company ( Artist United(321820)) announced on the 1st that it is partnering with TikTok to launch a global brand business utilizing the intellectual property (IP) of its affiliated actors. The …
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NanoenTek,Inc. Acquires 5 Billion Won Worth of Treasury Stock… “Plans to Cancel All Shares”
NanoenTek,Inc.(039860)is set to repurchase 5 billion won worth of its own shares to expand shareholder returns and enhance corporate value. The company plans to cancel all repurchased shares.NanoenTek…
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"Chai Communication Co., LTD. Forecasts Continued Earnings Improvement in the Second Half"
On the 1st, Korea Investment & Securities noted that despite a challenging business environment, #Chai Communication Co., LTD.’s first-half earnings exceeded market expectations, and projected that th…
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VIRNECT Co., Ltd. Wins Taean Smart City Project… Expanding AI Business with Drone Data
VIRNECT Co., Ltd.(438700), a physical artificial intelligence (AI) platform company, announced on the 1st that it has secured a contract from Daon I&C Technology Co., Ltd. for the “Development and Ins…
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"Investing in 'Samsung INICS Corporation' Stocks with Stablecoins Overseas" Makes Its Debut in Singapore
StableStock, a Singapore-based on-chain financial services provider, has officially launched its Korean stock trading service. As a result, users can now use stablecoins to invest directly in more tha…