Closing funds in Korea becomes easier

Jul 19, 2010

The Financial Supervisory Commission has approved rules that make it easier for fund-management companies to close unprofitable funds, but distributors must be appeased.

South Korea is awash with mutual funds that don't make money. This summer, regulators have taken the first step to allow asset managers to get rid of the least profitable of these.

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