Korea Financial Services Commission
Material regulatory developments from Financial Services Commission, South Korea are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 13 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the financial & capital markets sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
South Korea's FSC expands network separation rule exemption to nonbank firms and electronic financial service providers for frontier AI cybersecurity testing
The Financial Services Commission announced on September 3, 2026 the second phase of its network separation rule easing, expanding eligibility beyond banks to nonbank financial companies and electronic financial service …
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's National Assembly passes FSCMA revision replacing market-value merger pricing with a mandatory fair-value standard
South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced that the National Assembly passed a revision to the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act at its plenary session on August 20. The revision replaces t…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →FSC and KRX propose binding rules prohibiting asymmetrical subsidiary listings that harm parent-company shareholders
On July 6, the Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange released proposed rules on split listings, where a parent company lists a subsidiary on exchange. The proposal creates board-level fiduciary obligations and…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC mandates ESG disclosure for large KOSPI-listed companies beginning fiscal year 2027
South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced a final sustainability disclosure roadmap on July 8, following a consultative meeting with the ruling Democratic Party of Korea. The roadmap requires KOSPI-listed com…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC designates eight non-holding financial groups for 2026 supervision, adding Toss as first big-tech entrant
The Financial Services Commission designated eight non-holding financial groups for 2026 at its July 15 meeting under the Act on the Supervision of Financial Conglomerates. The designated entities are Samsung, Hanwha, Mi…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC proposes enforcement decree extending voice phishing loss-refund framework to virtual assets
The Financial Services Commission published a revision proposal on July 15 to the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on the Prevention of Loss Caused by Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud and Refund for Loss. Th…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC announces supervisory measures tightening single-stock leveraged ETF and ETN market controls
The Financial Services Commission, alongside related government authorities, announced supervisory measures for single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes at a joint market review meeting on J…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea FSC accelerates minimum deposit rule for single-stock leveraged ETFs and ETNs to July 31
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has moved up the effective date for strengthened minimum deposit requirements on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes. Announced on July 24, t…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →FSC and KRX release draft standards for naming listed companies with persistently low price-to-book ratios
South Korea's Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange published draft standards on July 28 for a biannual public disclosure list targeting listed companies with persistently low price-to-book ratios. The standar…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea FSC proposes preliminary book building and cornerstone investor rules under revised capital markets framework
South Korea's Financial Services Commission released a proposed revision on July 30 to the Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act and subordinate securities issuance regulations. …
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC activates mandatory cross-sector vishing data sharing under revised telecommunications fraud statute effective August 4, 2026
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has announced that revised rules under the Special Act on the Prevention of Loss Caused by Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud take effect August 4, 2026. The revision cre…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea's FSC approves tightened VASP registration and AML enforcement decree covering travel rule and CDD obligations
South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced on August 11 that the cabinet approved a revised Enforcement Decree under the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information. The revision rai…
Read the full Korea Financial Services Commission brief →South Korea FSC activates mandatory mock trading and tightened premium/discount controls for single-stock leveraged products from August 19
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has announced binding investor protection measures for single-stock leveraged and inverse products, effective August 19. The package tightens premium/discount rate thresholds f…
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