IBK sells E-Mart stake after a long wait

The deal was completed four years after the Korean policy bank announced its intention to sell, coming ahead of a change in accounting rules next year.

Industrial Bank of Korea sold off its entire 3.4% stake in discount store operator E-Mart through an overnight block trade on Thursday, raising W193.5 billion ($171 million) ahead of the implementation of new accounting measures facing Korean banks next year.

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