The Industrial Bank of Korea led by CEO Cho Joon-hee has been pushing its globalization under a strategy designed to set up a global belt in Asia and then to expand its operations to six continents by setting up operation bases in those regions.The IBK’ s major aim is to set up the bases in those k…

The Export-Import Bank of Korea announced recently that it successfully issued AUD 500 million ($510 million) in Kangaroo Bonds in Australia’s bond market. The issuance represents the largest issuance of the bond by a Korean institution. Australian dollar-denominated bond issued by foreign ins…

Korea Asset Management Co. (KAMCO) faced one of the toughest problems in 1997 on the path of its growth because it had to take care of a string of corporate bankruptcies in the wake of the Asian foreign exchange crisis, officials of the company recalled.In January of that year, the Hanbo Group went …

Korea Asset Management Co. (KAMCO) faced one of the toughest problems in 1997 on the path of its growth because it had to take care of a string of corporate bankruptcies in the wake of the Asian foreign exchange crisis, officials of the company recalled.In January of that year, the Hanbo Group went …

KDB Financial Group may make its affiliate KDB Asset Management a top hedge fund manager by offering a string of hedge fund products for domestic investors and investors in Asia and, in the long term, globally.Chairman Kang Man-soo said the KDB Financial Group will try to make KDB Asset Management a…

On Sept. 14, 2012, Standard and Poor’s Rating Services upgraded Korea’s sovereign credit rating from ‘A’ to ‘A+’. The outlook is ‘stable.’ S&P had upgraded Korea’s credit rating from ‘A-’ to ‘A’ in May 2007, where it had remained until today’s upgrade. With S&P’s credit rating…

Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co. has rapidly shifted its strategy from tight internal management to policies for expanding its market share due to Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s concern for its falling market share in recent years. According to financial authorities and industry sources, Samsung …

Korea Life Insurance Co., which was taken over by Hanwha Group, is on the verge of changing its name to Hanwha Life Insurance Co. in the fall if the change is approved at the upcoming shareholders’ meeting, industry sources said recently.The board of the life insurance company already agreed to the…

Samsung Life Insurance Co. introduced life insurance products that guarantee reimbursement for any sickness and accidental death until the age of 100, dubbed “Love 100 Years Guarantee Insurance,” the company said on July 10.The new life insurance policy guarantees the policyholder payment against …