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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30

Mirae Asset Gets 0 SpaceX IPO Shares, Triggering Client Apology and Regulatory Inspection

Updated

Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30

Mirae Asset Gets 0 SpaceX IPO Shares, Triggering Client Apology and Regulatory Inspection

Q: Was a 'communications snafu' the real reason Mirae was shut out of the massive SpaceX IPO?

Probably not. The available reporting suggests the “communications snafu” was, at most, a partial explanation or Mirae’s public framing of what happened, not the full reason it ended up with zero shares. The stronger evidence points to allocation discretion and extreme demand. Additional reporting says the lead underwriter in the U.S., identified as Goldman Sachs, made the final allocation decision, and that unusually strong demand from global institutional investors led to no shares being given to the Korean underwriting group. In that account, Mirae’s shutout was less about a simple message failure and more about losing out in a highly competitive bookbuilding process where the lead bank had broad discretion. That is why regulators in South Korea appear to be looking beyond the “snafu” explanation. The Financial Supervisory Service expanded its review from investor eligibility issues to Mirae’s marketing, disclosures, internal controls and communications with the lead underwriter. Regulators are also examining whether Mirae promoted the deal too aggressively before any allocation was finalized, potentially creating unrealistic expectations among clients. So the most defensible reading is that a communication problem may have contributed, but it does not appear to fully explain the outcome. The more substantive drivers were the lead underwriter’s final decision, intense global demand, and possible weaknesses in Mirae’s own handling of the offering and client communications.

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30

Mirae Asset Securities was the only one of 23 underwriters to receive no stock allocation in SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, derailing what had been pitched as a global breakthrough for South Korea’s biggest brokerage.
A communications snafu caused the miss, showing how a routine breakdown can carry outsized consequences in multibillion-dollar capital-markets deals.
The fallout forced Mirae to apologize to clients, while South Korean regulators began inspecting the firm’s practices.
The episode leaves Mirae shut out of one of the market’s highest-profile listings and highlights execution risk even for top-tier firms on marquee offerings.