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A slew of dignitaries is seen at a ceremony to open the gold trading market at Korea Exchange (KRX) on March 24 led by Chairman Shin Je-yoon of Financial Services Commission and KRX Chairman & CEO Choi Kyung-soo, among them. (Photo: KRX)
Korea Exchange (KRX) opened its gold tradi¡¦
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President Kim Ki-bum of KDB Daewoo Securities Co.
KDB Daewoo Securities Co. announc-ed on April 2 that it will soon launch a new securities product called, ¡°Installment Savings Fund-type RP¡± with half of the fund to be invested in RP projected to earn around 4 percent per year.
Any individual cu¡¦
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A scene from employees of Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co. at the launching the life insurer¡¯s new insurance product named, ¡°True Difference.¡±
Mirae Asset Life Insurance Co., the well-known planner for post-retirement life, launched its new variable installment life insurance product ¡°¡¦
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Chairman Lim Young-rok of KB Financial Group.(Photo:KB Financial:article by SK Lee)KB Financial Group posted a net profit of 1.283 trillion won in 2013 with total earnings of 225.97 billion won in the 4th quarter, down 25.9 percent from the preceding quarter due mostly to the reduced interest margin¡¦
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Chairman Han Dong-woo of Shinhan Financial Group.(Photo:Shinhan Financial Group:article by SKLee)Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Han Dong-woo announced the group¡¯s 2013 operational results on Feb. 11 with net profit coming to 1.903 trillion won and a fourth quarter net profit of 343.3 billion won ¡¦
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A scene from the branch managers meeting of Samsung Life Insurance Co. held at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, near Seoul on Jan. 25 where some 1,000 branch managers of the largest life insurer in Korea gathered to discuss strategies for the new year. (Photos:Samsung Life:article ¡¦
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President Kim Sun-kyu of Korea Housing Guarantee Corp.(Photo: KHGC, article by SK Lee)President Kim Sun-kyu of Korea Housing Guarantee Corp. said the company issued 65 trillion won worth of housing guarantees last year, up 23 percent from the 53 trillion won in 2012, showing that the housing supply ¡¦
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Financial Services Commission Chairman Shin Je-yoon
A great number of large financial firms will be listed on the Free Board (FB) Market, an over-the-counter-market within the system, including Mirae Asset Life Insurance, KDB Capital, Samsung SDS, and other well-known firms not yet listed on the Ko¡¦
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Leaders of the financial community, the related cabinet ministers and legislators are gathered for the New Year¡¯s reception hosted by Korea Federation of Banks and five other financial organizations on Jan. 3 at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul. The participants included Deputy Pri¡¦
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Hana Financial Group Chairman Kim Jung-tae and his staff pose for pictures after climbing Mt. Bukhan to see the sun-rise view of the new year on Jan. 1.
(Photo:Hana Financial)Chairman Kim Jung-tae of Hana Financial Group in his New Year¡¯s statement, said the group solidified its base for a ne¡¦
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CEO Hur Sae-hong of GS Caltex talks with GS Caltex staff members at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo: GS Caltex)GS Holdings said in an electronic notice released on May 13 that the holding company of GS Group posted 6,842.4 billion won in revenu¡¦
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CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi of S-OIL. (Photos: S-OIL)S-OIL chalked up more than 1.2 trillion won in operating profit on the back of inventory profit, caused by crude oil price hikes for the first quarter of this year, in results that surprised analysts.Pr¡¦
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Chairman Chang Sae-joo of Dongkuk Steel Group. (Photos: Dongkuk Steel Group)Dongkuk Steel announced on April 24 that it posted sales of 857.2 billion won, an operating profit of 21.4 billion won, and a net profit of 6.2 billion won in the first quart¡¦
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Chairman Park Gee-won of Doosan Enerbility. (Photos: Doosan Enerbility)Doosan Enerbility said on April 23 that major Doosan Enerbility executives, including Chmn. Park Gee-won, embarked on efforts to promote cooperation to participate in a new power ¡¦
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