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President Lee Byung-chan of Shinhan Life Insurance Co. President Lee Byung-chan of Shinhan Life Insurance Co. said the company will beef up its capital from 200 billion won to 300 billion won in the second half of this year and follow it up with a similar move if needed. The company still has 200 bi…
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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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Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae-yong and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch struck an investment agreement at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Aug. 8. (from left) Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Lee Jong-myung, Samsung Electronics Chmn. Lee Jae…
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Lotte Group Chmn. Shin Dong-bin, KAIST President Bae Choong-sik and other attendants cut the ribbons at a ceremony to dedicate the“Lotte X KAIST R&D Center” at KAIST head office in Daejeon on Sept. 11. (Photo: Lotte Group)KAIST held a ceremony …
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Chairman Seo Kyung-bae delivers a commemorative address online to mark the 81st anniversary of Amorepacific Group on Sept. 4. (Photo: Amorepacific Group)Marking its 81st anniversary, Amorepacific Group will accelerate its push into the global market,…
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Chairman Lee Jay-hyun of CJ Group. (Photos: CJ Group)CJ ENM announced on Sept. 7 that two branded FAST channels, “CJ ENM K-Stories” and “CJ ENM K-Pop,” launched on Prime Video in the U.S. Both are available for free on Prime Video, with programmi…
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