| 
		
		| 
			
			| Economy/Finance |  |  |  
		| 
			
			|  | 
Kyobo Life Insurance Co.¡¯s says its life-time insurance offering, Kyobo Faithful Universal Variable Insurance, that is faithful to the core concept of what a life insurance policy ought to do.
The insurance product allows part of the premium to be invested in funds so that the premium and cash v¡¦	
			 |  |  
		
		|  | 
			President Lim Tae-soon of Cape Investment and Securities Co.
Cape Investment and Securities has been named the priority bidder in the auction for a 10.04 pct stake in SK Securities Co., beating out Q Capital Partners, SK Co. said on July 25.
The company said it received bids from Cape Investment a¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			CEO Yoon Kyung-eun of Hyundai Securities and former President Chon Byung-jo of KB Investment and Securities, greet each other at a media briefing early in January announcing the merger of the two securities firms, the largest IB operator in the securities industry with its combined capital amounting¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has been doing very well this year when it comes to expanding its operation.
Under Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo, the group¡¯s leadership managed to take over Hyundai Securities last year and is about to make on KB Non-Life Insurance Co. ¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Bank.
President Wi Sung-ho of Shinhan Bank, true to his reputation as an digital banking expert when he was with Shinhan Card, has put in motion a plan to expand the bank¡¯s digitization moves, including boosting the adoption of Fintech.
His reform plan involves let¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			President Ham Young-joo of KEB Hana Bank.
KEB Hana Bank is slated to officially open its new building Gran Seoul in Cheongjin-dong, downtown Seoul. The offices and desks in the new building will be arranged similar to those of start-ups in that will be for joint use, not necessarily assigned to ind¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Group delivers his congratulatory speech at a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the group at Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on July 1.(Photo: Mirae Asset)
"Mirae Asset is 20 years old, but still feels a big thirst for the global financia¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			President Cha Nam-kyu of Hanwha Life Insurance Co. which won the Korea Service Grand Award for 2017 for 7 years in row.(Photo: Hanwha Life)
Hanwha Life Insurance Co. joined the insurance sector¡¯s Hall of Fame by winning the Integrated Award of the Korea Service Grand Award for the seventh straight¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			Former Chairman Kim Seung-yu of Hana Financial Group who has recently been named as an advisor of the Korea Financial Investment Co.
Former Chairman Kim Seung-yu of Hana Financial Group has been named as an advisor to Korea Financial Investment Co., financial industry sources said June 30.
Kim wil¡¦			 |  
		
		|  | 
			President Ahn Min-soo of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co., left, shakes hands with his counterpart at PJICO, a casualty insurance company set up  by Petrolimex, after signing a deal for Samsung Fire to take over 20 pct stake in the Vietnamese insurance firm on May 5 in Hanoi. (Photo: Samsu¡¦			 |  | 
		
		|  |  
		| 
			
			|  |  
			| 
				K-water President Yun Seog-dae poses with ambassadors from the five countries of the Mekong River during their meeting designed to discuss ways of promoting cooperation in sustainable water management at Samcheonggak, Seoul, on Sept. 26. (Photo: K-wa¡¦			 |  
			
			|  |  
			| 
				Chairman & CEO Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service delivers a commemorative speech at a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary at NPS headquarters in Jeonju City on Sept. 18.The National Pension Service (NPS) held a ceremony to mark its 3¡¦			 |  
			
			|  |  
			| 
				Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare poses with major participants of the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy (HLMHE) that took place from Sept. 15 to 16 at The Shilla ¡¦			 |  
			
			|  |  
			| 
				President Hong Jin-bae of the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation and Rashid Bashir, Dean of Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States participate¡¦			 |  |  |