{
  "id": 19453465,
  "title": "FTC Fines 15 Financial Firms over 1.6 Trillion Won for Bond Auction Collusion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/ftc-fines-15-financial-firms-over-1-6-trillion-won-for-bond-auction",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-11T05:44:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=205503"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed fines totaling more than 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) on 15 domestic financial firms for colluding during government bond auctions. According to KBS World Radio, the penalty and corrective orders involve five banks and 10 brokerages.\n\nCNA - Business reports that the collusion occurred over more than three years, specifically from January 2020 to June 2023. During 150 government bond auctions, the 15 primary dealers exchanged information regarding bidding yields via telephone or the Telegram messaging app just one or two minutes before deadlines. In 145 of these auctions, the firms directly agreed on bidding yields and volumes.\n\nThe FTC stated that these activities caused an artificial rise in South Korean bond yields. The commission expects the penalties to increase the efficiency of national fiscal management and foster effective competition in bond auctions, according to CNA - Business.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Korea Fines Bond Dealers Record $1.2 Billion Over Collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/korea-fines-bond-dealers-record-1-2-billion-over-collusion",
        "published": "2026-11-11T03:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korea fines 15 bond dealers 1.6 trillion won for collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/south-korea-fines-15-bond-dealers-1-6-trillion-won-for-collusion",
        "published": "2026-11-11T03:42:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}