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THE INVESTOR
March 28, 2024

Industrials

Loan guarantees among conglomerate affiliates shrink

  • PUBLISHED :December 28, 2017 - 10:17
  • UPDATED :December 28, 2017 - 10:17
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[THE INVESTOR] Loan guarantees among affiliates of Korea’s large business groups sank in 2017 from a year earlier, the country’s corporate watchdog said on Dec. 28.

The total corporate debt payment guarantees made among units of 31 conglomerates reached 257 billion won (US$239 million) as of May 1, down 20 percent, or 64.2 billion won, from 321 billion tallied a year ago, according to the Fair Trade Commission.

In September 2016, a new antitrust law put companies with assets of 10 trillion won or more on the FTC watch list. Those under FTC surveillance are restricted from making equity investments or offering loan guarantees to one another.

The FTC said six conglomerates were engaged in in-house loan guarantee practices -- NongHyup, Halim, OCI, GS, Doosan and Hanjin.

By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)

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