Shinhan Financial Group (055550.KS) said on the 18th that it won the grand prize, the Financial Services Commission chairman's award, at the 2026 Korea IR Awards.
The awards, now in their 26th year, are given annually to listed companies with outstanding investor relations activities and to their IR officers.
The Korea IR Council said it highly valued Shinhan Financial's "Value-up 2.0" plan, announced in April, for strengthening communication with investors and setting out a predictable shareholder return policy. Under the plan, the group targets a return on equity of at least 10%, a shareholder return ratio of at least 50% and a common equity Tier 1 ratio of at least 13%.
The group has also held about 570 IR meetings a year, along with roughly 70 annual investor engagements involving its board and management. In assessments by the Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability, it was the only company in the country to receive an integrated A+ rating for 11 consecutive years. After first announcing a corporate value enhancement plan in July 2024 and updating it every year since, Shinhan Financial's shareholder return ratio rose to 50.2% last year from 36.0% in 2023.
