Company: SHG
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-089950
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Company: SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 20-F
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 on Shinhan Financial Group and a caution to the CEO of Shinhan Financial Group in connection with Shinhan Bank’s alleged improper solicitation of troubled Lime Asset funds and management’s oversight in risk management. On July 11, 2022, the partial business suspension and the fine of W5.7 billion on Shinhan Bank and a cautionary warning to the CEO of Shinhan Bank were confirmed. On November 30, 2023, a final resolution by the Financial Services Commission confirmed a fine of W50 million for Shinhan Financial Group, Shinhan Bank and Shinhan Securities for violating the obligation to establish internal control standards under the Corporate Governance Act, as well as an institutional caution and a caution to the CEO of Shinhan Financial Group.

In May 2020, Shinhan Securities announced that its board of directors has resolved to compensate certain investors for amounts ranging between 30% to 70% (in the case of retail investors) and 20% to 50% (in the case of institutional investors) of the amount of such investor’s investment in Lime Asset products. In June 2020, Shinhan Bank announced that its board of directors has resolved to make prepayments to investors in certain Lime Asset funds that have reached maturity in an amount equal to 50% of such investor’s investment in the relevant product. On June 30, 2020, the Financial Dispute Mediation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service recommended through a non-binding ruling for brokerages, including Shinhan Securities, to return 100% of the amount of investors’ investment in certain of Lime Asset products sold after November 2018 in the aggregate of approximately W161 billion. In August 2020, the board of directors of Shinhan Securities resolved to accept the non-binding ruling for certain Lime Asset’s trade finance funds sold around November 2018. With these resolutions by the board of directors of Shinhan Securities, the total amount of compensation to investors of Lime Asset funds that Shinhan Securities has agreed to pay has reached W42.46 billion. On April 19, 2021, the

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Financial Dispute Mediation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service recommended through a non-binding ruling that Shinhan Bank compensate investors in such Lime Asset funds in amounts ranging from 40% to 80% of the losses incurred by the investors by way of making prepayments, with adjustments to be made depending on particular facts, such as the nature of the investor (e.g., whether