South Korean financial authorities have begun a sweeping review of corporate governance in the financial sector and aim to draw up improvement measures by March. A task force led by the Financial Services Commission will discuss CEO selection, management succession, board independence and diversity, and pay systems, with possible legal revisions. Financial holding companies are preparing ahead of March annual shareholder meetings, focusing on outside director systems. BNK Financial Group and iM Financial Group announced related steps.

Expectations that AI will replace human work are widespread, but some surveys suggest the opposite for now. Workday’s poll of 3,200 enterprise AI users found 85 percent saved 1 to 7 hours a week, yet 37 percent of the time saved was spent reworking AI outputs. Only 14 percent reported consistently positive results. HBR flagged “workslop,” while a separate survey found CEOs widely expect AI-driven layoffs within five years despite limited productivity gains so far.