KT&G has been recognized as a leading company in the climate change response and water resource management sector by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global environmental information assessment organization, achieving the Leadership grade.Following last year, the company has once again attained to
On Jan. 17, KB Financial Group was announced as the only domestic financial company to be selected for the “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” by the global ESG advisory group Corporate Knights, marking its consecutive inclusion for two years.The “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corp
Coway Co., Ltd., the “Best Life Solution Company,” announced that it is on the ‘2023 Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (“DJSI Asia Pacific”)’ for the 11th consecutive year. Of the 609 evaluated companies worldwide, only 156, the top 25.6%, were selected, and only 36 companies from South Ko
An analysis has emerged suggesting that the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index is poised to experience a 20 percent increase in the coming year.On Nov. 26, Bloomberg Intelligence (BI), a research institution under Bloomberg, projected a 58 percent increase in the total earnings
President Yoon Seok-yeol has announced a prohibition on short selling until fundamental reform measures are established.During his address at the Cabinet meeting held at the Blue House in Yongsan on Nov. 14, President Yoon Seok-yeol stated, “To prevent further damage, we will prohibit short selling
HYOSUNG TNC has significantly advanced, obtaining an AA rating in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) assessment, a notable improvement from its previous position.The MSCI ESG Ratings are a globally acknowledged benchmark used by leading corpor
In response to criticism suggesting that the ban on short selling implemented on Nov. 6 is a “political decision” aimed at next year’s general election, Lee Bok-hyun, the head of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), directly refuted the claims, stating, “About 100 stocks were identified as targe
The financial authorities have played a strong hand with a “full prohibition of short selling” to restore market trust. Unlike the global trend during the COVID-19 crisis, this time, South Korea alone has moved to prohibit short selling, drawing significant attention to the rationale behind this dec
Coway Co., Ltd., the “Best Life Solution Company,” announced that it has achieved an A grade in the 2023 ESG overall ratings hosted by the Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability (KCGS). This marks a notable improvement from the previous year's B+.The Korea Institute of Corporate
The recent revelation of illegal short selling by global investment banks (IBs) and a plunge in the stock market are fueling a debate on a total ban on short selling of all listed stocks. “We will improve all systems from scratch,” Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Kim Joo-hyun said in re
The author is an analyst for Shinhan Securities. She can be reached at inhae.ji@shinhan.com -- Ed.Earnings hit a new high in 2Q23JYP Entertainment set new record-high earnings with sales of KRW151.7bn (+124% YoY) and operating profit of KRW45.7bn (+88% YoY) in 2Q23. Both sales and operating profit f
Korea’s stock market has been removed from the MSCI Developed Markets Indexes’ watch list of candidates for inclusion in the index. The country’s hopes for inclusion in the indexes have been marking time for nine years.On June 11, MSCI classified South Korea as an emerging market as it released its
An increase in short selling has slowed amid repeated warnings from financial authorities. Short selling tapered off as an aggressive crackdown on unauthorized short selling and the manipulation of stock prices in contracts for difference (CFDs) has become a hot topic. However, financial authorities
The Korean government has ambitiously promoted a project to put Korea into the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Developed Markets Indexes for the purpose of resolving the so-called Korea Discount. But the project will hardly produce desired results this year.According to sources in the Ko
The prices of leading companies’ stocks on the Korean bourse stay below their book values. Their price-to-earnings ratios (PERs) were far below the average of those in developed countries, which, analysts say, reflects that a “Korea discount” still happens. A PER determines whether or not a stock is
Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Bok-hyun said in an interview with Bloomberg that he is considering lifting the partial short selling ban in the South Korean stock market this year. However, he added a condition: “If the financial market unrest is resolved within a few months.”Most indivi
A Goldman Sachs report evaluated that the Yoon Suk-yeol government’s reorganization of capital market policies to expand shareholder rights and interests and strong winds of shareholder activism in the Korean stock market are positive in resolving the Korea discount which undervalues the Korean stoc
SK bioscience has received an upgrade in its MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) rating from B to BBB in one year, the company announced on Feb. 3. According to the rating report, SK bioscience was recognized for its human resources development in the
Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho remarked on Jan. 12 that the government would announce a foreign exchange market improvement plan next month and the plan would include market hour extension and foreign financial institutions’ participation in the market.At present, the domestic foreign exchange
Hana Financial Group has obtained an "AA" rating in the 2022 ESG evaluation conducted by global ESG evaluation agency Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI).The group's rating rose by one notch compared to the previous evaluation.“The rise in the MSCI ESG evaluation ratings is the result of