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Market watchers and investors have expressed disappointment over the guidelines for the government's Corporate Value-up Program announced, Thursday, taking issue with what they perceive as a lack of specific details regarding tax incentives for participating companies.
The Korea Exchange (KRX) has been hosting a range of seminars for firms since early April as a follow-up project to the government’s Corporate Value-up Program aimed at boosting undervalued stocks.
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Enhancing the independent role of the board of directors and audit committee within a company is paramount in improving corporate governance, the head of the Samil PwC Governance Center said.
The heads of financial groups and banks are rushing to increase holdings of their firm's stocks in a collective effort to boost share prices to maximize shareholder returns, market watchers said Friday. Buying back stocks reduces the number of total outstanding issues, raising dividends per share.
With the liberal opposition clinching a landslide victory in Wednesday's general election, expectations over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s economic policies that favor stock market investment falter. Yoon’s People Power Party faced a major defeat in the parliamentary elections, as the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea and its satellite party won 175 seats in the 300-member National Assembly. The ...