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Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co.(Photo: Kyobo Life)Kyobo Life Insurance Co. will send 50 of its executives to Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, in the middle of this month to visit a number of firms with digitalized facilities mixing such technologies as blockchain and AI, including A…
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President Choi Hi-nam of Korea Investment Corp.(KIC) answers questions at a media briefing held at KIC on May 17.(Photo: KIC)Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) may decide to pull out the $50 million it invested in Elliot Management, a U.S. hedge fund, on account of a conflict of interest related to the he…
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President Jeon Young-muk of Samsung Asset Management Co.Samsung Asset Management Co. has been at work writing a new history of the ETF market, with Smart Beta at the forefront of its operation.The company, which dominates with a 50 percent share of the ETF market, has been getting ready to con…
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Chairman Kim Han of JB Financial Holdings Co.(Photo: JB Fin. Holdings)JB Financial Holdings logged an excellent first-quarter thanks to rising interest earnings amounting to 64.1 billion won, up 36 percent YoY, the company said. The first quarter results were the best since 2013 when the holding com…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group.
Shinhan Financial Group has been taking a number of measures to be a leader in financial digitalization among its rival financial groups. Included in the important measures are an organizational shake up. The group named the Chief Digital Officer…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has been taking steps to be a cutting edge financial group by forging cooperation deals with fintech start-ups and the business firms on developing platforms for mutual cooperation. The group has also set up a series of educational p…
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KRX Chairman Chung Ji-won ,3rd L, is among the CEOs of the listed firms and financial authorities and associations as they applaud in celebration of KRX 300 Index for ETF and Venture Funds launched on March 26 at the Korea Exhchange in Busan including Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial In…
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Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial Investment Association.(Photos: Kofia)
Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial Investment Association (Kofia) said on March 21 that stock market indices, both Kospi and Kosdaq, have been setting records one after another after breaking out recentl…
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Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Financial Group.
Mirae Asset Daewoo is aiming to be the largest investment bank in the world, as the company successfully boosted its capital to 8 trillion won by issuing new shares worth 700 billion won last month as part of its ambitious global strategy. The…
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President Ryu Sang-ho, 6th R, is shown in this photo session taken after signing an MOU with top officials of Danpac Securities Co. in Jakarta, Indonesia, to take over a majority stake in the Indonesian securities firm in December, last year.(Photo:KIS)
Korea Investment and Securities Co. (KI…
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Joo Yong-tae (fourth from left), head of Seoul Water, poses for a photo with participants in the 2026 Seoul Waterworks Workshop. (Photos: Seoul Metropolitan Government)From May 18 to May 28, the Seoul Metropolitan Government invited water officials f…
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President Kwon Suk-yoon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcom…
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On May 20, the IFEZ Authority holds a meeting for the Songdo International Eco Center Project at Songdo G Tower. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced that it held a meeting of the Songdo International Eco Center Proj…
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Park Se-woong speaks about the ETRI’s future in his inaugural ceremony. (Photos: ETRI)Park Se-woong took office as the 11th President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). Park is an ICT expert who has led research, ed…
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