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KDB Financial Group may make its affiliate KDB Asset Management a top hedge fund manager by offering a string of hedge fund products for domestic investors and investors in Asia and, in the long term, globally.Chairman Kang Man-soo said the KDB Financial Group will try to make KDB Asset Management a…
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On Sept. 14, 2012, Standard and Poor’s Rating Services upgraded Korea’s sovereign credit rating from ‘A’ to ‘A+’. The outlook is ‘stable.’ S&P had upgraded Korea’s credit rating from ‘A-’ to ‘A’ in May 2007, where it had remained until today’s upgrade. With S&P’s credit rating…
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Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co. has rapidly shifted its strategy from tight internal management to policies for expanding its market share due to Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s concern for its falling market share in recent years. According to financial authorities and industry sources, Samsung …
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Korea Life Insurance Co., which was taken over by Hanwha Group, is on the verge of changing its name to Hanwha Life Insurance Co. in the fall if the change is approved at the upcoming shareholders’ meeting, industry sources said recently.The board of the life insurance company already agreed to the…
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Samsung Life Insurance Co. introduced life insurance products that guarantee reimbursement for any sickness and accidental death until the age of 100, dubbed “Love 100 Years Guarantee Insurance,” the company said on July 10.The new life insurance policy guarantees the policyholder payment against …
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President Hwang Sung-ho of Woori Investment and Securities Co. said a blue ocean market has opened for the securities industry with the arrival of the mobile market. “We have been doing our best to provide the best service in the mobile trading system (MTS) area through the development of reformati…
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The Industrial Bank of Korea observed its 51st anniversary on Aug. 1 at a ceremony held at its head office in Euljiro, downtown Seoul, with over 400 officers and staff in attendance, led by President Cho Joon-hee. President Cho, in his congratulatory speech, said 51 years is a long time when looking…
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Hana Financial Group has successfully taken over Broadway National Bank (BNB) Financial Services Corp. run by Korean-Americans, which owns BNB Bank in New York, by securing a 71 percent stake in the holding company on July 21, the group said recently.Hana and BNB Corp. signed an agreement in New Yor…
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President Kim Sun-kyu of Korea Housing Guarantee Co., in a recent interview with NewsWorld, talked about the company’s grand plan to support the growth of the national economy by helping SMEs advance overseas as well as creating jobs in Korea. The CEO said he will steer the company to support the l…
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President Lee Kang-tae of BC Card said he will take up a campaign that will give the highest value to the company’ s employees through the convergence of finance and communication during his inaugural speech on Aug. 6 at the company’ s conference room.In his speech at the ceremony, which was rathe…
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LS Cable & System President & CEO Koo Bon-kyu delivers a commemorative speech at a groundbreaking ceremony for the largest submarine cable manufacturing plant in Chesapeake, Virginia. LS Cable & System has become the first Korean com…
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President Huh Se-hong of GS Caltex. (Photos: GS Caltex)GS Caltex’s tedious efforts have paid off through private-public sector cooperation: persuading the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to allow general refueling ships to carry “B30 bio …
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President Kwon Myung-ho of Korea East-West Power (EWP). (Photos: EWP)Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP) revealed AI technologies for use in the energy sector at the 2025 World IT Show, which took place at COEX in Seoul from April 24 to April 26. Th…
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President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. inspects major facilities of the Shinuijeongbu Substation to expand the power grid and looks into countermeasures against abnormal climate phenomena, such as a spell of severe heat and downpours …
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