The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) plans to send out inspection reports to major sellers of equity-linked securities (ELS) products tied to the Hong Kong stock market, including five commercial banks - KB Kookmin, Hana, Shinhan, NH NongHyup Banks and Standard Chartered Bank Korea - sometime within this week.
Major financial groups plans to offer voluntary compensations over Hong Kong-tied equity-linked securities (ELS) are expected to impact their performance in the first quarter of this year, according to industry sources.
South Korean financial groups have undergone a transition in their board composition, indicating governance changes centering on gender diversity and internal control. Given that a financial holding company’s board is the ultimate decision-making body engaging in establishing management strategies and budget planning for itself and its affiliated banking and securities units, the changes give a glimpse of the f.