currency hedge

South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Monday that it raised $41.5 million in foreign currency funds from overseas state-owned banks.This is...

South Korea’s foreign currency deposits fell for the first time in four months in January as the dollar’s further gains versus the won f...

Apollo Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and Lexington Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ most preferred private equity firm...

South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Thursday that it has issued $700 million (940 billion won) worth of foreign currency ESG (environmental, socia...

Yen deposits at South Korean banks grew by the largest-ever monthly amount in November to a record $9.92 billion, central bank data show, as investo...

South Korea and Japan on Friday revived their bilateral currency swap line to boost their dollar liquidity amid improved diplomatic relations.The tw...

Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, has launched an ETF in the US, the first of its kind t...

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named YK Yoon, head of fixed-income, currency and commodities (FICC) of the Seoul office, as a new managing director (M...

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, announced on Tuesday that it will start offering Naver Pay Money and Point Q...

The plunging Japanese currency has stepped up South Koreans’ bargain-hunting, posting record highs in the balance of the yen-denominated depos...

South Korea has decided to challenge an international arbitration tribunal’s decision a month ago ordering the Korean government to compensate...

Shares of EcoPro Co., a South Korean battery materials maker, have skyrocketed this year, rising 848% year to date to break above the 1 million won ...

Fixed-income continues to offer an attractive entry point for investors with higher yields, declining inflation and the end of the interest rate hik...

South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...

The sliding yen is prompting South Koreans to go bargain-hunting for the Japanese currency in the wobbly financial market as yen-denominated deposit...

The Japanese yen on Monday extended losses against the South Korean won to touch an eight-year low, briefly breaching a psychological support line a...

South Korea plans to discuss with Japan the re-establishment of their bilateral currency swap line, said its finance minister on Thursday, as the di...

Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...

South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita dropped 7.7% on-year last year, coming in below that of its smaller rival Taiwan for the ...

Central banks of South Korea and Indonesia renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to keep supporting trade and financial cooperation fo...

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), with 920.4 trillion won ($694.6 billion) in assets as of November 2022, faces growing concerns o...

A weaker South Korean currency and worries about valuation have deterred foreign investors’ appetite for local shares, casting expectations of...

South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Australian Central Bank have agreed to extend the valid date of the current Australian dollar/won currency swap cont...

South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea on Thursday said it issued a record-high $3.5 billion in global bonds to investors worldwide.The government-run bank...

South Korea’s mighty state pension fund will hedge foreign exchange risks for up to 10% of its overseas investment for a limited period. ...

More South Korean exporters suffered massive losses from foreign exchange derivatives on a weaker won, failing to benefit from the unit’s depr...

The South Korean won on Wednesday hit a two-month high on expectations that a victory by the Republicans in the US midterm elections may slow the Fe...