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FSC holds meeting to check household debt situationAug 10, 2023

The FSC held a meeting with the relevant authorities and industry organizations on August 10 to check the current household debt situation. With regard to the recent growth in the amount of household loans since April, the authorities assessed that it has been caused in part by the thaw in the housing market and that the current level of expansion does not pose a threat to financial stability at the moment. However, the authorities agreed that it is necessary to preemptively control the growth of household debt by looking into lenders' lending practices and provision of policy mortgage loans and exploring various measures to seek qualitative improvement in the structure of household debt. At the meeting, FSC Secretary General Lee Se-hoon said that although household debt is not at an alarming level currently, it is important to have a long-term perspective and preemptively manage risks associated with household debt. In this regard, Secretary General Lee said that the authorities will continue to work on both quantitative and qualitative management of household debt so that it does not pose a threat to financial stability or act as a structural hindrance to the growth of our economy.
FSC announces plan to improve special tech listing procedures for high-tech companiesJul 27, 2023

FSC Secretary General Lee Se-hoon presided over a meeting with the relevant government ministries and private sector entities on July 27 and announced a plan to improve the special listing procedures for technology companies. The plan includes 14 specific reform items from the stage of listing application to listing review to post-listing management. Speaking about the measures at the meeting, Secretary General Lee said that the authorities plan to regularly monitor the implementation status and work to ensure that the special tech listing procedures can help propel the growth momentum for innovative companies and our economy and bring more opportunities for investors.
FSC holds meeting on managing risks associated with excessive end-year money moves in pension funds marketJul 26, 2023

FSC Standing Commissioner Kwon Dae-young presided over a meeting on July 26 with officials from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Financial Supervisory Service and the financial industry groups to discuss potential risks of excessive money moves in the pension funds market toward the end of this year. Although the pension funds market conditions remain stable currently, there may be expanded market volatility if excessive competition to attract funds takes place toward the end of this year. As such, the financial industry groups agreed to actively respond to contain this risk by taking necessary measures such as paying off retirement pensions in stages and spreading out maturities. At the meeting, Standing Commissioner Kwon said that the financial authorities will continue to closely monitor money moves in the pension funds market and communicate with the relevant financial sectors to ensure that there is no market anxiety caused by abrupt movements of funds.
FSC holds talks with youth policy advisory groupJul 24, 2023

The FSC held a meeting with the 2030 youth policy advisory group on July 24 and had talks on strengthening the availability of financial education programs and ways to better help young adults to build up assets. At the meeting, FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young spoke about some of the difficulties experienced by young adults, such as widening asset gaps, worsening job insecurity and housing instability. Against this backdrop, Vice Chairman Kim said that fraudulent dealings in the home rental market and illegal private lending practices are acting as additional barriers for young adults in building their assets. In this regard, Vice Chairman Kim said that it is necessary to provide support for financial education to ensure that young adults can see the value in accumulating assets with a medium- to long-term perspective, instead of seeking a highly leveraged or high-risk approach to managing their assets. To help promote financial education programs and introduce more youth-centered financial products, Vice Chairman Kim said that the government along with the relevant institutions and financial sectors should work closely together with the young people.
Vice Chairman speaks on ways to enhance fairness and transparency in convertible bond market Jul 20, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young attended a seminar on July 20 hosted by the Korea Exchange and the Korea Capital Market Institute and spoke about ways to enhance fairness and transparency in the convertible bond market. In his speech, Vice Chairman Kim discussed the need to have ways to effectively avert unfair trading practices using convertible bonds. In this regard, Vice Chairman Kim said that it is necessary to increase transparency in the process of convertible bonds' issuance and distribution. In addition, as there exist problems associated with convertible bonds being issued in excessive volumes, Vice Chairman Kim said that there needs to be measures to improve this issue. Lastly, for unfair trading practices using convertible bonds, Vice Chairman Kim said that the financial authorities will strengthen their investigative capacity and deal with them with stern measures.
FSC Chairman speaks about importance of data security in financial sectorJul 19, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun attended the 12th annual data protection seminar hosted by the Financial Security Institute on July 19 and delivered a keynote address. The seminar was held to strengthen awareness about the importance of data security in financial services and to provide a venue for communication between officials from the public and private sectors. In his speech, Chairman Kim outlined the government's efforts to support digital transformation of financial companies, promote a wider utilization of AI technology in financial servicesand facilitate development of fintech businesses. Speaking on the government's plan for financial data security policy, Chairman Kim said that the FSC will work to establish a principle-based and flexible data security system, help to cultivate a culture of responsibility rooted in the core value of financial data security and build a systematic risk management and response system.
8th financial regulatory reform committee meeting heldJul 17, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun attended the 8th financial regulatory reform committee meeting held on July 17 and delivered opening remarks. At the meeting, the committee members discussed (a) measures to ease rules on domestic financial companies' ownership of subsidiaries in overseas markets, (b) ways to improve licensing standards on mergers of savings banks and (c) recent progress in the implementation of financial regulatory reform initiatives over the year. In his opening remarks, Chairman Kim said that the regulatory reform agendas sought by the government will help lay foundations for the financial industry's long-term growth as current financial market uncertainties lingering at home and abroad are expected to gradually improve in the future. In this regard, Chairman Kim said that the FSC is looking into various regulatory reform items to help strengthen the competitiveness of our financial industry and cultivate globally renowned financial companies.
FSC Chairman holds press conference and talks about policy accomplishments and plans aheadJul 07, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun held a press conference on July 7 to talk about some of the important policy achievements in the past year and lay out plans for the future. Over the past year, Chairman Kim said that the government's preemptive and bold responses to the various risk situations including the real estate project finance market risks have helped to put domestic financial market back on arecovery track. Apart from the market stabilization measures put in place, the government has also made efforts in laying foundations to promote innovation in the financial industry. In this regard, Chairman Kim said that the government has prepared policy tools to (a) promote convergence of finance and non-finance sectors, (b) improve conditions to bring more competition to the banking sector, (c) enhance the competitiveness of financial holding companies and promote overseas expansion of domestic financial businesses. Going forward, Chairman Kim pledged that the financial authorities will continue to work on ensuring financial market stability, bolstering inclusive finance, promoting financial industry innovation, supporting innovative growth of the economy, overhauling financial regulations fit for the era of tech advancement and stamping out unfair trading activities.
FSC and FSS hold meeting with bank holding companies and announce reform measuresJul 05, 2023

FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun held a meeting with major bank holding companies on July 5 and announced a set of measures aimed at promoting competition in the banking sector.The measures have been prepared after holding a series of taskforce meetings on improving the management and operating practices of banks since February this year. The key banking sector reform areas include (a) promoting competition and overhauling the industrial structure, (b) improving the interest rate system through expanded availability of fixed interest rates, (c) enhancing loss absorbing capacity, (d) increasing the proportion of non-interest revenues, (e) improving the employee remuneration system and the shareholder return policy and (f) promoting corporate social responsibility.
Vice Chairman holds press briefing on measures to improve the management and operating practices of banksJul 05, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young gave a briefing on the measures to improve the management and operating practices of banks on July 3.The measures have been prepared after holding a series of taskforce meetings on improving the management and operating practices of banks since February this year. The key banking sector reform areas include (a) promoting competition and overhauling the industrial structure, (b) improving the interest rate system through expanded availability of fixed interest rates, (c) enhancing loss absorbing capacity, (d) increasing the proportion of non-interest revenues, (e) improving the employee remuneration system and the shareholder return policy and (f) promoting corporate social responsibility.
MOU signed for operating KRW1 trillion real estate PF normalization fundJul 04, 2023

FSC Standing Commissioner Kwon Dae-youngattendedthe memorandum of understanding signing event between the Korea Asset Management Corporation and five asset management companies for operatingthe real estate PF normalization fund worth KRW1 trillion from September this year. At the MOU signing event, FSC Standing Commissioner Kwon said that the newly created fund will serve as a stepping stone to promote normalization of the real estate PF market and urged financial holding groups and other financial institutions in the private sector to actively participate in the effort. Following the MOU signing event, the FSC and the FSS held a meeting with the relevant industry assoications to check the recent progress and conditions regarding the real estate PF market.
Vice Chairman holds financial education council meetingJun 30, 2023

FSC Vice Chairman Kim So-young presided over this year's1st financial education council meeting held on June 30 with officials from the relevant government ministries and public and private organizations participating. At the meeting, authorities discussed ways to make improvements to the current financial education platform (e-financial education center) operated by the Financial Supervisory Service, make educational content more user-oriented and strengthen efforts to make the availability of financial education programs more widely known to the public. In addition, authorities discussed a plan to carry out financial literacy survey on consumers between August and December this year, the result of which will be announced in the first quarter of 2024.