HSCEI

Regulations State intervention in HSCEI-tied ELS sale debacle could backfire: scholars

South Korea’s economics scholars oppose government-led countermeasures, including compensation packages, to handle mounting retail investor lo...

Korean stock market Korean banks stop ELS sales after HSCEI debacle

South Korean banks are scurrying to suspend the sale of equity-linked securities (ELS) after the country’s financial regulator said it may con...

Korean stock market Korea’s ELS market to stagnate after HSCEI debacle: KOFIA chairman

The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) will go all out to minimize any adverse effects on the South Korean financial market from an anti...

Korean stock market Korean investors doomed to suffer $171 mn losses from HSCEI ELS

South Korean investors have already suffered about 230 billion won ($171 million) losses from their investments in equity-linked securities (ELS) ti...

Korean stock market S.Korea launches official probe into HSCEI-tied ELS sale

South Korea’s financial authorities have opened an official probe into local banks and securities firms’ potential misselling of equity-...

Korean stock market Korean ELS investors biting nails over sharp falls in Hong Kong shares

Chinese shares listed on the Hong Kong bourse have fallen sharply so far this year, placing the city’s main stock index, the HSCEI, among the ...