Korea Capital Market Institute

Challenges and Improvements of Publicly Offered Real Estate Funds in Korea: Insights from the German Model [Research Fellow] Kwon, Min Kyeong Korea’s market for publicly offered real estate funds (REFs) is experiencing a severe downturn, driven by the combined shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and interest rate hikes. The market faces significant challenges, including the investment structure highly concentrated in a limited number of properties, small fund sizes, difficulties in building management expertise, and liqu... Privacy and Consumer Welfare [Research Fellow] Jung, Soomin Since the introduction of MyData services in 2022, financial consumers have gained access to new financial products, such as loan comparison and refinancing options and insurance product comparison and recommendation services. As these services have driven increased data collection and utilization by companies, various measures have been adopted to protect private information. ...