Dignataries, including Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Service Commission (FSC), KRX Chairman Choi Kyung-soo, and other financial leaders, participate in a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of opening the stock & derivatives market at the KRX building in Yeouido on Jan. 4. (Photos: K…

Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association(Photo:KOFIA) Chairman Hwang Young-key of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) said in his New Year’s message that KOFIA will strengthen asset management services this year by making a Korean-type ISA to help peopl…

President Jung Ji-won of the Korea Securities Finance Corp. Korea Securities Finance Corp. (KSFC) will focus on building a base for unleashing Cloud Funding this year, so that as many small investors can join the fund online as possible. The company signed MOUs with three companies, including Open…

Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Management Co. explains to the media his plan for KDB Daewoo Securities Co. following the takeover of the securities company in a bidding held on Dec. 28, 2015.(Photo:Mirae Asset) Chairman Park Hyun-joo of Mirae Asset Management said he will try to build a fina…

President Kim Won-kyu of NH Investment and Securities Co.(Photo:NHIS) President Kim Won-kyu will not take any unnecessary risks this year in trying to make NH Investment and Securities Co.  more competitive now that the merger between Woori Investment and Securities Co. and NH Securities Co. h…

President Chung Hae-bung of checks the Mobi One, a mobile credit card that the credit card company issued around a year ago for the first time in the credit card industry in Korea at a Starbucks coffee shop near the Seoul City Hall in downtown Seoul on Jan. 20. Hana Card was named the winner of the…

Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co. announces the new Vision 2020 on Jan. 8 at the Keisung Institute in Bosung, South Chungcheong Province.(Photo:Kyobo Life) Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co. announced the new 2020 Vision for the insurance firm. The plan calls for …

Chairman Ha Yung-ku of Korea Federation of Banks. Chairman Ha Yung-ku of the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) said he will help banks find their way out of Korea and set up operations overseas. Domestic banks have been plagued by interest rates at home restricting their earnings. The head of the ba…

President Yang Jong-hee of KB Insurance Co., President Yoon Woong-won of KB Kookmin Card, Vice President Huh In of Kookmin Bank, and Vice President Jun Kui-sang in charge of Corporate Investment Bank.(Photos:KB Financial Group) Senior Executive Vice President Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group was…