PresidentSuk of Samsung Securities Co. gives his welcoming speech at the 2013 Samsung Investors Conference.Samsung Securities Co. hosted the Samsung Investors Conference 2013 on May 9-10 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel with some 500 participants including representatives of world-renowned investment firms …

Shinhan Investment Corp. has been drawing extraordinary attention in the financial market for a surprise increase in its profits during the first quarter despite the economic downturn sweeping the country.The outstanding performance record has been attributed to its financial products and asset mana…

Chairman Park Byung-won of the Korea Federation of Banks, 3rd R, Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, 3rd L, and Chairman Shin Je-yoon of the Financial Service Commission, 2nd L, applaud at a recent unveiling ceremony  of the National Happiness Fund in Seoul.Chairman Park Byung-won of the K…

Chairman & CEO Hong Kyttack of KDB Financial Group.Chairman & CEO Hong Kyttack of KDB Financial Group said the Korea Development Bank (KDB) will continue to be a state bank that handles mostly policy loans from funds provided by the government and raised through the issuance of bonds …

Chairman Chang Young-chul of Korea Asset Management Corp., right, is with Prime Minister Chung Hong-won, left, at the office of the National Happpiness Fund to show the window where the applications for the fund are accepted recently.Chairman and CEO Chang Young-chul of Korea Asset Ma…

Chairman Kim Yong-hwan of Korea EximbankThe Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) announced that it signed a ship finance loan agreement worth $200 million with Thenamaris, the largest ship management company in Greece currently operating a fleet of 152 ships, in Athens on Feb. 7.  Chai…

President Cho Joon-hee of the Industrial Bank of Korea. “Khis year will be one of the toughest years with both crisis and opportunity co-existing in the financial market. We have to check the profit models of each sector of our operations and seek new profit sources to maintain the bank’…

President Lee Soon-woo of Woori Bank.President Lee Soon-woo of Woori Bank said, “What we need are strategies to secure profits in diverse areas of banking through tough risk management and stable growth, while holding down expenses as we are faced with a low-growth and low-interest age that we have…

President Min Byong-deok of Kookmin Bank.Kookmin Bank seeks stable growth in its operations this year instead of big growth in its assets, focusing on cutting expenses and costs. President Min Byong-deok said that the bank should rid itself of its age-old way of thinking and pursue possible sustain…