Global Investors Urge Korea to Cut Dividend Tax to 25% | September 29 2026 | Securities Daily - 동영상 Dailymotion

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Global fund managers just told Korea its dividend tax rate needs to come down to attract more foreign money. At the first Korea Prima Week event, global institutional investors called on Korea to cut its top dividend income tax rate to 25% to boost foreign investment. The push comes as KOSPI's trading turnover ratio has fallen to 0.5%, its lowest level this year, even as the index holds near recent highs. Separately, National Pension Service plans to strengthen ESG oversight of its domestic AI investments starting next year. Together, the stories point to tax policy and thinning trading activity as the key issues shaping investor sentiment.  Sources: - Global Investors Urge Korea to Cut Dividend Tax to 25% — Seoul Economic Daily, September 29, 2026 - KOSPI Turnover Ratio Falls to 0.5%, Lowest of the Year — Seoul Economic Daily, September 29, 2026  About AI PRISM: AI PRISM is Seoul Economic Daily's WAN-IFRA award-winning newsroom AI series, delivering Korean economic news adapted for global audiences. Episodes are produced with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor.  Tags: #DividendTax #ForeignInvestors #KoreaMarkets #KOSPI #NationalPension #AIPRISM #SeoulEconomicDaily #WANIFRA

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00:00한국국토정보공사

00:02It's Tuesday, September 29.

00:05Here's what investors are watching in Korea today.

00:07Global institutional investors are pushing Korea

00:10to cut its top dividend income tax rate to 25%.

00:13That call came at the first Korea Primo Week investment event.

00:18Kospi's trading turnover has cooled

00:20to its lowest level of the year.

00:22Foreign fund managers gathered in Seoul this week

00:24to press Korean policymakers

00:26on tax and market structure reforms.

00:28Lower dividend taxation was their top request

00:31to boost foreign investment.

00:33Separately, Kospi trading activity has slowed,

00:36even as the index holds near recent highs.

00:38Here's what the numbers show.

00:4125%.

00:41That's the maximum dividend income tax rate

00:44global investors are asking Korea to adopt

00:46at this week's Korea Primo Week event.

00:49Current top rates run well above that level,

00:51according to investors pressing for the change.

00:53Kospi's trading turnover ratio has fallen to 0.5%,

00:58its lowest point so far this year.

01:01Separately, National Pension Service plans to strengthen

01:04ESG oversight of its domestic AI investments starting next year.

01:08So what does this mean for global market followers?

01:11Earlier, we said global investors want Korea's dividend tax rate cut to 25%.

01:17Here's what that actually means for you.

01:19Tax reform, not just earnings growth,

01:22is now central to attracting sustained foreign capital into Korean equities.

01:27The falling turnover ratio suggests near-term trading conviction

01:30is thinner than headline index gains might suggest.

01:33Government response to the dividend tax rate proposal.

01:36COSPI turnover trends as the ratio sits at a yearly low.

01:40National Pension Service's ESG oversight rollout for AI investments.

01:45That's today's AI Prism, Securities Daily.

01:49This episode was produced with AI Assistants,

01:52based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting,

01:54and reviewed by a human editor.

01:56AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series.

01:59We'll be back tomorrow.

02:02There is a

02:02range of

02:02감사합니다.

Global Investors Urge Korea to Cut Dividend Tax to 25% | September 29 2026 | Securities Daily

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