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			|  | Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Group.(Photo: Mirae Asset)
Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Group has set his eyes on the creation of an energy fund jointly with the Korea Electric Power Corp with 500 billion won in assets.
The chairman¡¯s burning ambition has helped propel him to bec¡¦	
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			President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co,(Photos:NHIS)
NH Investment & Securities Co. aims to pool more than 500 billion won ($414 million) this year from financial services under NongHyup Financial Group to reinforce its private equity operation.
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			A group of dignitaries including Gov. Lee Nak-hyun of South Jeolla Province, Mayor Joo Chun-hyun of Yeosu, Commisioner Kwon Oh-bong of the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone Authority and Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset, a member of the Mirae Asset Consortium pose for a photo session after sign¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Suh Joon-hee of BC Card.
BC Card captured the 2016 Dasan Financial Award in the Credit Finance Sector at a New Year¡¯s Party for the financial community held on Jan. 3 at Lotte Hotel in down town Seoul. It was recognized for being the first credit card firm in Korea to set up operations a¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Lee Won-tae of Suhyub Bank delivers his speech at a ceremony to celebrate the bank¡¯s separation from NFFC to become an independent bank as of Jan. 1, 2017.(Photo: Suhyub Bank)
Suhyup Bank will be a fully competitive medium-scale bank in Korea boasting total assets of 35 trillion won by 2¡¦			 |  
		
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			CEO Nam Young-woo of Korea Investment Savings Bank. (Photos: KISB)
Korea Investment Savings Bank (KISB) is a 100 percent subsidiary of Korea Investment and Securities Co. and has been providing financial support to SMEs and the general public, true to the mission given to the company when it was fi¡¦			 |  
		
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			A scene from the official signing of a contract to sell KDIC¡¯s 29.7 percent stake in Woori Bank in a bidding on Dec. 1, 2016 to seven successful bidders including Hanwha Life Insurance, Korea Investment & Securities, Mirae Asset Global Investments and Chinese-owned Tongyang Life Insurance Co., ¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Moon Chang-yong of Korea Asset Management Corp.(KAMCO). (Photo: KAMCO)
Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO) has fulfilled its role by providing a safety net by effectively disposing NPLs from financial institutions, corporations, households and the government.
During the Asian Financial ¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Choi Hee-moon of Meritz Securities Co.
Meritz Securities Co. captured the 2016 Dasan Financial Award in the Securities Sector after being given credit for its rapid ascent in becoming an investment bank by taking over I¡¯M Investment and Securities in September, 2014, and issuing new shar¡¦			 |  
		
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			President Cho Jae-min of KB Asset Management Co.(Photo: KB Asset Management)
KB Asset Management won the 2016 Dasan Financial Award in the Asset Management Sector at a Jan. 3 New Year¡¯s gathering for the financial community at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul.
The asset management company clinched t¡¦			 |  | 
		
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				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¡¦			 |  
			
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				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¡¦			 |  
			
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				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 ¡¦			 |  
			
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				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¡¦			 |  |  |