South Korea Lays Groundwork for Companies to Improve Valuations

-- South Korea’s regulators issued guidelines on how companies can increase shareholder returns and improve corporate governance, taking another step toward boosting depressed valuations in the nation’s $1.8 trillion stock market.The Ozempic Effect: How a Weight Loss Wonder Drug Gobbled Up an Entire Economy

The voluntary program is a key plank of the nation’s efforts to fix the so-called “Korea Discount” that’s resulted from local companies trading at a much lower valuation than overseas peers for years. At the heart of the issue is the prevalence of family-controlled businesses, or chaebols, that can wield outsized power through complex cross-shareholdings, thereby sidelining minority shareholders.

“The guidelines are not the end but the beginning of the Corporate Value-up,” said Kim Soyoung, vice chairman at the FSC. He urged listed companies to “actively participate” in establishing and executing the program.

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South Korea Lays Groundwork for Companies to Improve ValuationsSouth Korea’s regulators issued guidelines on how companies can increase shareholder returns and improve corporate governance, taking another step toward boosting depressed valuations in the nation’s $1.8 trillion stock market.
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