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KB Financial included in FTSE4Good global ESG index for 16th straight year

KB Financial Group has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, a global ESG index, for the 16th consecutive year. KB Financial said on Aug. 21 it has been selected for the index’s constituents since 2011, based on an assessment by FTSE Russell. In the latest review, it scored above the industry average across environment, social and governance categories. The group said it has also maintained ratings from MSCI, the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and CDP.

Crypto

BlackRock launches two ETFs in Canada including one with 3 percent bitcoin allocation

BlackRock Canada has launched two new exchange-traded funds, including one that allocates 3 percent to bitcoin, and both have begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The iShares Equity+Bitcoin ETF Portfolio allocates 97 percent to diversified equities and invests 3 percent in bitcoin through BlackRock Canada’s iShares Bitcoin ETF. The iShares Core MSCI All International Equity Index ETF invests outside Canada and the United States.

Finance

U.S. stock net buying by South Korean retail investors tops 5 trillion won amid domestic market pullback

South Korean retail investors\' net buying of U.S. stocks has topped 5 trillion won so far this month as a pullback in the domestic market persists. Net buying from July 1 to 27 reached $3.59 billion, with purchases concentrated in a leveraged U.S. semiconductor ETF and SK Hynix ADRs. The monthly total is about 5.5 times last month’s net buying, while net buying of a leveraged South Korea ETF declined.