[백브리핑AI] Rumors about the sale of Yuanta Securities rekindle… Woori Finance, ‘unfounded’

[인포스탁데일리=김영택 기자] The sale of Yuanta Securities has come out again.

Yuanta Securities, object of the sale, and Woori Financial, object of the acquisition, contested the groundlessness.

Woori Financial Holdings stressed, “It is true that the acquisition of a securities company is the number one priority, but there is no contact with Yuanta Securities.”

Earlier, a media reported that Yuanta Group had signed a mention agreement to sell Yuanta Securities to Woori Financial Holdings.

The sale price is around 1.2 trillion won and the deal is expected to close early next year at the earliest.

Taiwanese Yuanta Group entered Korea in 2014 by acquiring Tongyang Securities.

After the acquisition, Yuanta’s team has repeatedly been surrounded by rumors of the sale of a securities company.

In particular, rumors of the acquisition of Yuanta Securities have frequently been raised as news broke that Woori Financial Group, the only major five financial holding company that does not own a securities company, is looking for a securities company . ‘

The Korea Exchange requested Yuanta Securities and Woori Financial Group to disclose the investigation by 6:00 pm the same day.

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