At a London investor roundtable, Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chanjin outlined planned reforms to strengthen South Korea’s capital markets, improve foreign investor access and channel more funding to growth and innovative companies. The agenda includes action against market distorting practices, measures to improve corporate governance and shareholder value, and changes intended to address market concentration, short term trading and weak Kosdaq competitiveness. The Financial Supervisory Service plans to revise Kosdaq listing and delisting criteria, introduce market segmentation, expand venture capital supply and reform rules governing financial companies’ capital management. It also intends to shorten settlement periods, extend trading hours, establish tokenized securities trading infrastructure and develop systems that allow foreign investors to trade the Korean won across locations and time zones. During the London visit, Lee also met UK financial authorities to discuss preventive consumer protection, digital operational risk, cryptocurrency and stablecoin regulation, accounting fraud and stronger accounting oversight.
2026-09-10South Korea Financial Supervisory Service
South Korea Financial Supervisory Service outlines capital market reforms to improve foreign access and direct funding to growth firms
Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chanjin outlined capital market reforms at a London investor roundtable. Planned measures cover Kosdaq restructuring, corporate governance, funding for growth firms and stronger action against market distorting practices. The regulator also plans shorter settlement periods, longer trading hours and infrastructure for tokenized securities and wider foreign exchange access.