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Vice Chairman holds 36th financial risk assessment meetingMar 09, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held the 36th financial risk assessment meeting via teleconference on March 9 and discussed the implementation of the COVID-19 financial support programs. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Doh talked about the importance of continued availability of COVID-19 support measures made available for businesses via both financial institutions and the public sector. * Please see press release for details.
Vice Chairman holds meeting on developing corporate finance platformMar 03, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held a meeting on corporate finance via teleconference on March 3 and discussed ways to develop a corporate finance platform to more effectively provide financing support to innovative businesses. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Dohalso discussed recent trends in corporate finance in both traditional and newly emerging industries and policy issues surrounding corporate finance in a post-COVID-19 era.The FSC plans to first develop a systematic industrial classification and corporate finance standardswhich will more properly reflect the structural changes taking placein the economy and industries and develop a platform that can quickly assess financing needs of businesses. * Please see press release for details.
Vice Chairman holds 35th financial risk assessment meeting & 3rd taskforce meeting on financial benchmark reformFeb 26, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held the 35th financial risk assessment meeting and 3rd taskforce meeting on benchmark interest rate reform via teleconference on February 26. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Doh announced the authorities selection of the overnight repo rate of government bonds and monetary stabilization bonds as Koreas new risk-free reference rate (RFR), which is expected to serve as an alternative and fallback rate for the certificate of deposit rate that is widely in use currently in international derivatives transactions. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman delivers congratulatory remarks at insurance industry's ESG promotion eventFeb 23, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo attended the opening ceremony of the ESG (environmental,social, andgovernance)managementpromotion in the insuranceindustry on February 23 and delivered congratulatory remarks.During his speech, Chairman Eun suggested further tasks and role of insurance businesses amid the continued pandemic situation and spoke about their commitment to ESG factors as new opportunities. Chairman Eun also underscored the importance of making the provision of insurance services more consumer-oriented and strengthening the role ofprivate sectorinsurance assafety netswhile pledging support for a digital transition in the industry. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman meets with heads of financial associationsFeb 22, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo met with the heads of the five major financial associations and federations on February 22 and held talks on the necessity of a six-month extension of the loan deferment program and ways to facilitate a soft landing of the termination of the temporary support measures. Speaking on the policy rollback of the temporary deregulatory measures,Chairman Eun stated that the FSC plans to gradually roll back the temporary deregulatory and financial response measures based on a judgement of both quantitative and qualitative indicators in the following areas(a) COVID-19 prevention and containment, (b) real economy and (c) financial stability. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman holds meeting with heads of state-backed financial institutionsFeb 19, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo held a meeting with heads of state-backed financial institutions on February 19 and discussed maintaining the loan deferment program for small merchants and SMEs for six more months and promoting K-New Deal initiatives and green financing.Chairman Eun and the heads of state-backed financial institutions agreed on the need to extend the availability of loan deferment programfor small merchants and SMEs for six more months.While emphasizing the importance of implementing the K-New Deal initiative and cultivating innovative firms, Chairman Eunalso talked about the FSCs plan to draw up a special lending support guideline for businesses through which companies can get financing with minimum eligibility criteria. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman holds talks with heads of financial holding groupsFeb 16, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo met with the heads of the financial holding groups on February 16 and held talks on extending the availability of loan deferment of principal and interest payments currently set to expire at the end of March. The participantsagreed on the need to extend the availability of payment deferment for small merchants and SMEs for six more months considering the current COVID-19 situation, conditions in the real economy,etc. During the meeting,Chairman Eun emphasized the importance of maintaining steady support for the real economy and stated that the financial authorities will work on an orderly rollback of the temporary support and deregulatory measures when conditions are permissible. * Please see press release for details.
Vice Chairman holds 6th consultative meeting on digital financeFeb 09, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held the 6thconsultative body meeting on digital finance via teleconference on February 9 to discuss ways to improve rules for both fintechs and big techs and to examine areas for further improvements in the financial regulatory sandbox program. In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman Doh said that the FSC will work to create an environment where new digital businesses can be quickly launched and flourish. While working on measures topromoteclose cooperation between fintechs and big techs, Vice Chairman Doh also stated thatthe FSC will seek improvements in the necessary infrastructures. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman delivers congratulatory remarks at a New Deal investment MOU signing eventFeb 04, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo visited Hyundai EV Stationin Seoul on February 4 and delivered congratulatory remarks at an MOU signing event for the promotion of investment cooperation in the areas of future car and industrial digitalization. While discussing the progress made so far in creating a master fund worth KRW510 billion and processing applications and proposalsfrom the prospective fund managers, Chairman Eun talked about the importance of private sector investments in New Deal funds andurged them to continueto look for promising investment projects. * Please see press release for details.
FSC Chairman holds press briefing to announce decision on short-selling banFeb 03, 2021

FSC Chairman Eun Sung-soo held a press briefing on February 3 and announced the decision to extend the short-selling ban until May 2, 2021 and to allow a partial resumption of short-selling from May 3 on KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 stocks. Inhisstatement, Chairman Eun said that prior to the May 3 partial resumption, the FSC will work on measures to improve the short-selling ruleswhile closely tracking the preparedness of different market participants.As there is growing public interest in the capital markets,Chairman Eun also stated thatthe FSC will work to ensure that individual investors are making their investment decisions with trust in the market. * Please see press release for details.
Vice Chairman holds 33rd financial risk assessment meetingJan 26, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held the 33rd financial risk assessment meeting via teleconference on January 26 to discuss key risk factors in 2021 and review the implementation of the COVID-19 lending support for SMEs and small merchants. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Doh talked about a deepening socioeconomic polarization amid the COVID-19 pandemic evidenced by a quick turnaround in corporate earnings while small businesses continue to suffer the consequences of the social distancing rules, etc. As such, Vice Chairman Doh stated that the authorities will work to reduce the wealth gap by continuing to make lending support available through the KRW175 trillion-plus emergency support programs among others. * Please see press release for details.
Vice Chairman holds 3rd green finance taskforce meetingJan 25, 2021

Vice Chairman Doh Kyu-sang held the 3rd green finance taskforce meeting via teleconference on January 25 and unveiled the governments plans to promote green financing in 2021, which include strengthening the role of the public sector, promoting green financing in the private sector and improving the regulatory framework. At the meeting, Vice Chairman Doh emphasized the importance of the governments 2050 zero carbon initiative and called for close cooperation from all financial sectors. * Please see press release for details.