KF News and Press, Korea Fund Inc. From 09/13/20

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist Generally, closed-end funds are sought after for their high distributions. These are typically paid on a monthly or quarterly frequency. Monthly paying funds are especially appealing to income-oriented investors. However, within t...

First appeared as Policy Brief PB-20/70, Policy Center for the New South The “middle-income trap” has captured many developing countries: they succeeded in evolving from low per capita income levels, but then appeared to stall, losing momentum along the route toward the...

The Korea Fund, Inc. (NYSE:KF) (the “Fund”) announced today that it is pursuing arrangements with JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Limited (“JPMorgan”) to serve as investment manager and administrator of the Fund. This follows a search process conducted by ...

Korea Fund (NYSE: KF ) : Q4 net investment of -$0.02/share. More news on: Korea Fund, Earnings news and commentary, Financial stocks news, , Read more ...

The Korea Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: KF), a non-diversified, closed-end investment company, which seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment in securities, primarily equity securities of Korean companies, today announced its results for the fiscal quarter and twelve months en...

By Chetan Sehgal, CFA, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, and Andrew Ness, ASIP, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Our emerging markets equity team has often emphasized how emerging markets have...

By Christopher Vass, senior product manager From the beginning of February through March 23, the Korean won depreciated more than 9% versus the US dollar as South Korea was one of the countries with highest confirmed COVID cases outside of China. At the same time, the equity market was exp...

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea. - Stef Wertheimer Last week, on the Lead-Lag report , I had suggested that South Korea may likely end up as one of the countries that emerge in decent shape fr...

North Korea has blown up a liaison office shared with South Korea - just north of the tense Korean border - following weeks of threats to end a détente. More news on: iShares MSCI India Index ETF, iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, WisdomTree India Earnings ETF, , Global news and ...

The Korea Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KF) (the “Fund”) announced today that its Discount Management Program (“DMP”) has resumed. This resumption of the DMP will be in accordance with the procedures and parameters presently adopted by the Fund’s Board of Directors,...