S.Korea to overhaul retirement pension system, introduce competition for higher returns

South Korea is planning a sweeping overhaul of its corporate retirement pension system by introducing a competitive, fund-based model that would pit...
South Korea is planning a sweeping overhaul of its corporate retirement pension system by introducing a competitive, fund-based model that would pit...
Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co. will award employees of Namyang Dairy Products Co., a South Korean dairy product producer, 1.6 billio...
KB Financial Group Inc. on Thursday reported a 61% jump in first-quarter profit, led by a nearly threefold rise in earnings at its flagship unit Koo...
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. now manages over one-third of South Korea’s default-option retirement funds, with the assets it operates un...
South Korea’s leading biosimilar drug developer Celltrion Inc. announced on Friday a plan to cancel $140 million worth of treasury shares to i...
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to introduce the world’s first passive target-date exchange-traded fund (ETF) this month to attract ...
South Korea’s Hana Financial Group aims to increase corporate value by ramping up shareholder returns based on a sustainable profit structure ...
Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday announced a plan to retire 130.0 billion won ($90 million) worth of treasury shares in May, marking its largest-...
Samsung Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s largest life insurer, and Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., the country’s No. 1 non-lif...
Samsung Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s largest life insurer, is considering bringing Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., the country&r...
LG Electronics Inc. will retire 761,000 shares in 2025, or around 0.5% of its outstanding shares, to increase shareholder returns, the South Korean ...
South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. on Wednesday announced a plan to retire about a quarter of its treasury stock worth 563 billion ...
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it will buy back 1 trillion won ($720 million) in shares in line with the government campaign to unlock corporat...
South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. on Thursday unveiled a plan to buy back shares and pay dividends totaling 3.7 trillion won ($2.7 billion) ...
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s largest home appliances maker, on Tuesday announced plans to unlock value by accelerating its transformation ...
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday that its defined contribution (DC) retirement pension and individual retirement pension (IR...
South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group will hold an annual strategic meeting presided over by its Chairman Chey Tae-won from Oc...
South Korea’s leading internet portal operator Naver Corp. will buy back and retire about 400 billion won ($306 million) worth of shares by th...
South Korean pension plan subscribers prefer to protect their money rather than taking risks for capital gains despite the government's effort to en...
POSCO Holdings Inc. aims to raise its corporate value through an ambitious scheme that entails securing 2.6 trillion won ($1.9 billion) through rest...
Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...
E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, has launched a company-wide early retirement program for the first time in its 31-year h...
The proposed merger of South Korea’s two largest carriers, Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., is intensifying competition among lo...
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, is set to become an anchor investor in...
Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...
Retirement pensions at banks in the fourth quarter of last year emerged as a haven for money that tried to generate a stable return, shunning away f...
Gaming giant Nexon Co. is set to acquire a 50% stake in the Autoway Tower, an office building in Seoul's Gangnam business district, from the Korean ...
South Korean private equity (PE) firms are having trouble fundraising as institutional investors' capital for new investment is drying up amid inter...
Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s flag carrier, plans to bring in new airplanes and spend $1.7 billion on safety measures after a recent spa...
South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension (TP) will continue its focus on residential and logistics in global real estate investments next year, t...