The authors are analysts of Shinhan Investment Corp. They can be reached at sh.kim@shinhan.com and jongseon@shinhan.com. -- Ed. LG Group to establish a new holding company via spin-offOn November 26, LG Corp disclosed its decision to spinoff four affiliates (LG International, Silicon Works, LG Hausy
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Having decided to spin off LG Corp, the LG Group is taking the steps necessary for completing the separating off of its affiliates, including LGI (with Pantos), Siliconworks, LG Hausys, and LG
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. A third generation of leaders is at the forefront of management at LG Group, HMG, and Samsung Group. While three fair economy bills are likely to be passed at the 21st session of the National A
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at newday@kbfg.com. -- Ed.Media speculates separation of subsidiaries from LG Corp.— According to media reports, LG Corp. senior adviser Koo Bon-joon is considering separating LG International, LG Hausys and Pantos Logistics from the group
LG Group senior adviser Koo Bon-joon is predicted to leave the group with LG International, LG Hausys and Pantos Logistics. This means the group can concentrate more on its electronics, chemical and new businesses and become free from regulations on internal transactions.The separation is scheduled
Samsung Electronics and KT Corp. (KT) announced on Nov. 4 that they have successfully deployed Korea’s first 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) common core in KT’s commercial network.KT will commercially launch its SA network when 5G SA-capable devices become available in the market. Samsun
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Stock inheritance estimated at W18.2tn; inheritance tax projected at W10.6tnThe late chairman GH Lee owned a 4.2% stake in SEC, a 2.9% stake in Samsung C&T, and a 0.01% stake in Samsung SDS, an
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at ys.hwang@nhqv.com. -- Ed. LG Chem’s shares have been performing sluggishly following the announcement of its battery division split-off. However, our analysis reveals that a split-off is more favorable than a spin-off in te
The People Power Party is planning to advocate the government’s and the ruling party’s amendments to the Commercial Act, the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and the Financial Group Supervision Act and come up with measures for side effect prevention at the same time. The party is going to loo
The authors are analysts of NH Investment & Securities. They can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com and junsup@nhqv.com, respectively. – Ed. Stock inheritance estimated at W16.9tn; inheritance tax projected at W9.9tnWe believe that the issue regarding the inheritance of stakes held by SEC chairman
The authors are analysts of NH Investment & Securities. They can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com and junsup@nhqv.com, respectively. – Ed. Sell Samsung Biologics shares to buy SEC stake?As mentioned earlier, market expectations for the passage of the new amendment to the Insurance Business Act ha
The amendment to the Insurance Business Act tabled in June by Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers Park Yong-jin and Lee Yong-woo is scheduled to be discussed in the regular session of the National Assembly next month.At present, each South Korean insurance company’s subsidiary bond and stock holding
The South Korean government is planning to finalize its plan on July 29 regarding major holding companies’ corporate venture capital (CVC) ownership. The plan is to allow such holding companies to own CVCs so that market liquidity can be sufficiently supplied to innovative venture firms.The governme
ANASIS-II, the first military-only communication satellite of South Korea, was successfully launched at 06:30, July 21. As a result, South Korea has become the 10th country in the world that has its own dedicated military satellite.About 32 minutes after the launch, the satellite-launch vehicle sepa
The South Korean government is considering allowing conglomerate holding companies to own corporate venture capitals (CVCs) on certain conditions. Related measures are likely to be announced next month.Early this month, the government said that it would contemplate the approval so that the venture a
The South Korean government has decided to lower reinsurance market entry barriers for more competition.The current Insurance Business Act regards reinsurance as a part of non-life insurance. As such, the same regulations are applied to both despite the fact that reinsurance is different from car in
Creditors of Asiana Airlines demanded on June 10 that HDC Hyundai Development disclose conditions for its takeover of the ailing airline, after the potential buyer called for renegotiations of the takeover terms, citing the devastating impact from the COVID-19 pandemic."We welcome HDC Hyundai Develo
Even after Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, returned to Korea on May 19 after visiting a semiconductor plant in Xian, Shanxi Province, Chinese media outlets are reporting on his visit. Referring to the U.S.-China semiconductor war, they lambasted the U.S., while issuing a warning
The Financial Services Commission decided on April 1 to make an exception to the fintech research institute of Kakao Bank, which is scheduled to be established next year, with regard to network separation. Under the circumstances, fintech innovation in South Korea is expected to speed up.At present,
The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has unveiled a groundbreaking technology that can cut the size of all-solid-state batteries while increasing their lifetime and safety.The institute disclosed on March 10 the results of a study on an all-solid-state battery that powers a car to run 800 km