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Financial Services Act to Impose Punitive Fines on Financial Firms for the First Time – ELS Incident Under Scrutiny

Money Today Reporter Kwon Hwa-soon | 2024.02.08 17:48 [MT리포트]ELS incident seen through the Financial Services Act ① Expectation of ‘punitive fines’ being imposed on financial firms for the first time Editor’s note | Three years after the Financial Consumer Protection Act was implemented, losses in equity-linked securities of Hong Kong’s H-index (ELS) worth trillions of […]

Economic Instability and Gender Inequality Driving Japanese Emigration

Money Today Reporter Yoon Se-mi | 2024.01.17 14:41 Japanese people stay abroad for a long time and get permanent residence, economic instability is the cause 62% of immigrants are women, with many restrictions on social activities, analysis of travel abroad Passersby cross the street in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on December 31, 2023./AFPBBNews=News 1 The number […]

Hong Kong’s Stock Market Plunge and its Effect on Equity-Linked Securities (ELS)

Money Today Expert Kim Jae-hyeon | 2023.12.16 06:25 [MT리포트]’ELS cruel history’, looking into the H index ① Editor’s note | As the possibility of large-scale losses in the first half of next year looms large in ELS (equity-linked securities) with Hong Kong’s H Index as the underlying asset, investors are expressing their anger. Amid criticism […]

NH Nonghyup Bank Halts Sale of ELS as Large-scale Losses Expected

NH Nonghyup Bank Halts Sale of Risky Equity-Linked Securities (ELS) Amid Expected Losses By Lee Bora As per a report on August 28, NH Nonghyup Bank has made the decision to cease the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) due to potential large-scale losses connected to the Hong Kong H Index, an underlying asset. This marks […]

KB Kookmin Bank in Spotlight Amid Concerns of ELS Mis-Selling from Hong Kong

KB Kookmin Bank Faces Scrutiny Over ELS Sales in Hong Kong The Financial Supervisory Service is conducting an investigation into KB Kookmin Bank’s sales of equity-linked securities (ELS) originating in Hong Kong. Concerns have arisen over potential mis-selling of the product, which could lead to consumer losses. Major Sales and Market Conditions KB Kookmin Bank […]