[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The Fair Trade Commission, which is investigating securities firms' alleged collusion in loan interest rates and fees, has also launched an investigation into Mirae Asset Securities following five securities firms the previous day.

According to the industry on the 21st, the FTC sent an investigator to Mirae Asset Securities to conduct an on-site investigation on collusion.

The FTC is said to be looking into the securities industry as a whole, including whether securities firms, including Mirae Asset Securities, colluded in stock trading fees. The scope is also expected to expand in the future for securities firms that have yet to be investigated.

Currently, the FTC is also investigating alleged collusion of loan interest rates and fees by major banks in addition to securities firms, and refusal to pay cataract insurance premiums by insurance companies.

The FTC sent investigators to five securities firms, including Meritz, KB, Samsung, NH Investment and Kiwoom Securities, and the Korea Financial Investment Association to conduct an on-site investigation the previous day.

 

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