[THE INVESTOR] Limitations on insurance companies’ investments will be lifted in a bid to help insurers improve finances. The Financial Services Commission said on June 27 that a number of revisions to related laws will be made, and submitted to the National Assembly around September. As part of the measures, the ceiling on overseas real estate and foreign currency insurance companies can hold will be removed. In addition, the limit on bonds, shares and derivatives issued by a single entity will

[THE INVESTOR] The Korean financial market remained volatile on June 27 following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union last week, with the equity market opening with a loss on weakened sentiment.Brexit is expected to have a long-lasting impact on the global economy with Korean exports to the EU forecast to slow in the coming years, further weighing down investor confidence, hence, Korean President Park Geun-hye has called on her senior secretaries and financial authorities to increase monit