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Douglas Kim

Event-Driven

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<li>On 18 January, the KRX announced rebalance to KOSPI 200 index. The new addition to KOSPI 200 is JB Financial Group and the deletion is Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance.</li>
<li>We expect JB Financial to continue to outperform the market in the first half of this year.</li>
<li>However, we do not expect the sharp appreciation of JB Financial versus the other leading Korean banking stocks post JB Financial's inclusion in KOSPI 200 on 30 January. </li>
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On 18 January, the KRX announced rebalance to KOSPI 200 index. The new addition to KOSPI 200 is JB Financial Group and the deletion is Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance.
We expect JB Financial to continue to outperform the market in the first half of this year.
However, we do not expect the sharp appreciation of JB Financial versus the other leading Korean banking stocks post JB Financial's inclusion in KOSPI 200 on 30 January. 


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