Korea Investment Management, which slashed KINDEX’s expense ratios to the lowest levels in Korea this September, revealed its aim at leading the ETF market by the improving quality of existing products and launching overseas ETFs.“As observed globally, the Korean ETF market is projected to reach s…

As the largest index fund management company in Korea, Kyobo AXA Investment Managers armed itself with experience in index fund management and its strong client base as it prepared to make its presence felt in the ETF market.Kyobo AXA has so far listed two products, the Power K100 ETF and Power K200…

Woori Asset Management plans to expand its exchange-traded fund (ETF) business environ to bond ETFs and overseas ETFs by making the most of its strengths, said Kim Ki-hyun, managing director of the Fixed Income Investment Division at Woori Asset Management.Giving an assessment of the Korean ETF mark…

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. ranks second in the Korean exchange traded fund (ETF) market in terms of net assets, which currently stand at roughly 2 trillion won, accounting for 15 percent of the market. The company boasts of diverse “TIGER ETF” product portfolios. In Korea, 15 asset ma…

Exchanged-traded fund, or ETF, is considered one of the most innovative financial products in the 21st century because it enables the efficient investment achievable through low costs. Samsung Asset Management has emerged as the representative ETF provider in Korea since it introduced the first ETF,…

Korean Re’s photo exhibition at the Korean Re Gallery in downtown Seoul displays memorable moments of its 24-member expedition team’s recent successful scaling of Mt. Everest-Kala Patthar. The photos were taken by photographer Lee Han-gu, recognized for having photographed more than 1,000 villages…

Korean Re, headed by CEO Park Jong-won, has been named the 10th largest reinsurer in the world by S&P, up 2 ranks in 2011, and has been the largest in Asia in terms of insurance funds since 2002, the reinsurance firm said recently.The company said the upgraded position means that its Vision 2020…

President Choi Ki-ui of KB Kookmin Card Co. is known for his tremendous business acumen. His dogged refusal to cut fees on the company’s credit cards for country clubs from 2 percent to 1.5 percent, while other credit card firms agreed to the cut, is an outstanding example of his way of doing busin…

Larry Summers, professor at Harvard University in Boston, the United States, and a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, urged the state wealth funds including the National Pension Service (NPS) to do their utmost to help end the economic crisis.At the Global Conference hosted on Sept. 17 by the NPS to co…