The Korean government announced last year “Comprehensive Measures on Household Debt”(June 29, 2011) and “Measures to Increase Accessibility of Low-income Households to Financial Services”(April 15, 2011) to preemptively manage household debt growth. In 2011, household loans increased by 7.6%, lower than 8.1% in 2011. However, household lending in the non-banking sector increased by [...]
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As Europe’s ongoing debt crisis is expected to threaten global economic growth and increase volatility in global financial markets 1n 2012, Korea is also likely to face an economic slowdown, which will deal a severe blow particularly to SMEs and low-income households. Under such circumstances, the FSC set three main financial policy goals [...] Posted on November 6th, 2011
Since 2010, with socio-economic changes such as the aging population and low-interest rate trends, there has been growing demand for “discretionary investment services,” or customized services in asset management. The growth in demand for discretionary investment services appears to be driven by investors seeking for alternative investments as investors’ sentiment about fund investment [...] Posted on October 20th, 2011
With the revision of Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment and Capital Markets Act (FSCMA) publicly announced on September 30, aimed at introducing home-grown hedge funds (tentatively named “specialized private equity funds”) to Korea’s capital markets, the FSC proposed a revision of Regulations on Financial Investment Business in order to stipulate details mandated [...] Posted on October 6th, 2011
The proposed revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (FSCMA), aimed at introducing home-grown hedge funds (tentatively named “specialized private equity funds”) to Korea’s capital markets, was approved at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Source: FSC 2 pages
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