South Korea's 10 largest brokerage firms reported a record consolidated Q2 net profit of KRW 5.9362 trillion, up 37% QoQ and 141% YoY. Despite robust earnings, broker stocks have weakened: the KRX securities industry index peaked at 9,804.97 on May 9, then slid to 6,400–7,400 in June, 4,700–6,400 in July and has traded around 5,000–5,500 this month.

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Baidu Intelligent Cloud has completed a product and R&D reorganization. The former Platform Product Division was renamed the Intelligent Agent Division; its MaaS business and related product suites were moved into the Infrastructure Division. The Data Platform Department was renamed Data Intelligence and folded into the Intelligent Applications Division. Post-reorg leadership: Hou Zhenyu will head the Infrastructure Division, overseeing AI Infra and Agent Infra; Yin Dawei will lead the Intelligent Agent Division, focusing on Agent products including Baidu Dazi, Miaoda and Famu; Ruan Yu will run the Intelligent Applications Division, managing Baidu Yijian, Hogee, Shengsuan and transport and financial industry applications. All three report to Shen Dou, Baidu Group executive vice president and president of the Intelligent Cloud Business Group.