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The following is a summary of a written interview with Chmn. Euh Yoon-dae in which he outlines the group’ s plans and strategies for both domestic and overseas operations °™Ed.One of the biggest management objectives for KB Financial Group has been risk management, especially in the area of house…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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Nongshim CEO Jo Yong-chul makes a presentation on the success of Shin Ramyun at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on May 13. (Photos: Nongshim)Nongshim announced on May 13 that cumulative sales of Shin Ramyun, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, surpassed…
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Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. Korean Air has gotten a lot of “love” from financial markets, in particular for the brainchild of the merger, Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group. The historic M&A with Asiana Airlines is evaluat…
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A view of Samsung Electronics Suwon Digital City. (Photo: Samsung Electronics)Labor and management of Samsung Electronics reached a tentative agreement on incentives at the last minute on May 20, averting a strike one and half hours before the deadli…
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Hyundai Motor Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon (right) poses for a photo with Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Moon Shin-hak at the 23rd Automobile Day Event on May 12.Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon won the Gold Tower Order of I…
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