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President Lee Dae-hoon of NH Bank.NH Bank has outlets including local subsidiaries, branches and rep offices in five foreign countries such as the U.S., China and India, and plans to further expand its overseas network with a segregated strategy that mixes farm and finance. Its strategies will be fo…
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Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance Co.(Photo: Kyobo Life)Kyobo Life Insurance Co. will send 50 of its executives to Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, in the middle of this month to visit a number of firms with digitalized facilities mixing such technologies as blockchain and AI, including A…
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President Choi Hi-nam of Korea Investment Corp.(KIC) answers questions at a media briefing held at KIC on May 17.(Photo: KIC)Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) may decide to pull out the $50 million it invested in Elliot Management, a U.S. hedge fund, on account of a conflict of interest related to the he…
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President Jeon Young-muk of Samsung Asset Management Co.Samsung Asset Management Co. has been at work writing a new history of the ETF market, with Smart Beta at the forefront of its operation.The company, which dominates with a 50 percent share of the ETF market, has been getting ready to con…
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Chairman Kim Han of JB Financial Holdings Co.(Photo: JB Fin. Holdings)JB Financial Holdings logged an excellent first-quarter thanks to rising interest earnings amounting to 64.1 billion won, up 36 percent YoY, the company said. The first quarter results were the best since 2013 when the holding com…
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Chairman Cho Yong-byeong of Shinhan Financial Group.
Shinhan Financial Group has been taking a number of measures to be a leader in financial digitalization among its rival financial groups. Included in the important measures are an organizational shake up. The group named the Chief Digital Officer…
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Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo of KB Financial Group.
KB Financial Group has been taking steps to be a cutting edge financial group by forging cooperation deals with fintech start-ups and the business firms on developing platforms for mutual cooperation. The group has also set up a series of educational p…
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KRX Chairman Chung Ji-won ,3rd L, is among the CEOs of the listed firms and financial authorities and associations as they applaud in celebration of KRX 300 Index for ETF and Venture Funds launched on March 26 at the Korea Exhchange in Busan including Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial In…
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Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial Investment Association.(Photos: Kofia)
Chairman Kwon Yong-won of the Korea Financial Investment Association (Kofia) said on March 21 that stock market indices, both Kospi and Kosdaq, have been setting records one after another after breaking out recentl…
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Chairman Park Hyeon-joo of Mirae Asset Financial Group.
Mirae Asset Daewoo is aiming to be the largest investment bank in the world, as the company successfully boosted its capital to 8 trillion won by issuing new shares worth 700 billion won last month as part of its ambitious global strategy. The…
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A poster to publicize a national briefing session on the three mega projects “for Korea’s Great Leap Forward” at the State Guest House of the Cheong Wa Dae on June 29. (Photo on the courtesy of the Office of the President)The Korean government wil…
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Min Hyung-bae, mayor of Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, takes the oath of office at Main Assembly Hall of the City Council in Muan on July 1. (Photo: Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City)Min Hyung-bae, went down in history as the firs…
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Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young explains the direction of city administration, including growth strategies to lead the future of Gyeongju and a vision for the next four years, in a meeting with reporters at Alcheon Hall in Gyeongju City Hall on July 15.…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon delivers his inaugural address during the 40th Seoul Mayor’s inauguration ceremony at Seoul City Hall on July 1.On the first day of his fifth term in office, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon again brought up ‘youth’ as the key keyword…
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