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Financials: Kakao Pay and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Kakao Pay: MSCI Will Likely to Continue to Treat Alipay as a Strategic Investor

Kakao Pay: MSCI Will Likely to Continue to Treat Alipay as a Strategic Investor

By Douglas Kim

  • In our view, MSCI will likely to continue to treat Alipay as a strategic investor in Kakao Pay (377300 KS). 
  • This will likely result in a failed inclusion of Kakao Pay in the next round of MSCI Korea Index rebalance.
  • We also make a comparison to Kakao Pay-Alipay with another block sale involving Kakao Games Corp (293490 KS) and Netmarble Corporation (251270 KS).

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