Experts of asset management Kiwoom Asset Management
Alternative Investments - Business management, Capital market, and Enterprise both in Korea and overseas
COMPANY PROFILE
With our creative and open-minded, “business is ever changing”attitude,
we have the ability to respond effectively to rapid changes in current times.
With our time withstanding expertise and strategic minds,
we stay true to Kiwoom’s differentiated business philosophy DNA.
- Chief Executive Officer
- Seong Hoon Kim
- Capital
- 57.2 Million (US $)
- Date of Establishment
- March 26th, 1988
- Number of Employees
- 235
- Main Business activities
- Asset Management , Public Fund Management,
Investment Advisory and Discretionary Investment - AUM
- 36.9 Billion (US $)
- Purpose of Establishment
- Korea’s top asset management services that provide the best financial and management services to increase value of our customer’s assets
- Location
- 18, Yeouinaru-ro 4-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Main phone number
- 82-2-789-0300
VISION
- Management Principle
- Frontier Spirit, Fairness, Innovation
- Philosophy
- Commitment to Fiduciary Duty
- Mission
- Securities investment trust and service to increase customer asset value
- Vision
- Asset Management Company most favored with customers
HISTORY
1988 - 2002
- 2002
- 10.14 Listed on Listed Index Fund (KOSEF)
- 1999
- 01.05 Established No.1 Mutual Fund (Twins Challenge Fund)
- 1997
- 04.23 Licensed for investment consultation and management
- 1996
- 07.01 Changed the company name to LG Investment Trust Management Co,Ltd. Also changed its main line of business. Obtained a permit from the Ministry of Finance and Economy for management of securities investment trusts
- 05.27 Paid-in capital increase (Capital 30 billion Won)
- 02.27 Free issue of new shares (Capital 6 billion Won), Paid-in capital increase (Capital 9 billion Won)
- 02.21 Relocated to 44-37 Yeoido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
- 1995
- 02.28 Changed company name to LG Investment Consultation Co.,Ltd
- 1990
- 09.11 Registered with the US. SEC for business in investment consultation
- 03.08 Pai-in capital increase to 5 billion Won
- 1989
- 10.18 Paid-in capital increase to 3 billion Won
- 1988
- 04.01 Started Business in investment consultation
- 03.31 Became the 7th company who registered for business in investment consultation
- 03.26 Lucky Investment Consulting Co. Ltd was established. (Capital 1 billion Won)
2004 - 2011
- 2011
- 12.16 Launched Korean type of hedge fund
- 10.11 Delivered SPI public fund
- 09.29 2020 vision announcement
- 03.31 First to list KOSEF USD Inverse in Asia
- 03.30 Participated in OneDo & Harmony’s March through National Land event
- 03.03 Establishment of public funds to support underrepresented groups of the community
- 02.23 First to list KOSEF USD in Asia
- 2010
- 08.19 Delivered SRI public fund
- 05.27 Moon Hyun Cha was appointed as the new CEO
- 03.18 KOSEF ETF Total fund exceed 1 Trillion Won
- 2009
- 05.28Changed its name to Woori Asset Management
- 2006
- 05.30Launched Woori CS Asset Management
(30% of Credit Suisse shares participated) - 2005
- 09.05 Reduction of capital (Capital 33.3 billion Won)
- 06.01 LG Investment Trust Management and Woori Investment Trust Management merged together,
creating Woori Asset Management capitalized at 49.1 billion Won - 05.06 The major shareholder of the company was changed from Woori Investment Securities to Woori Financial Holdings, acquiring 90% of the total shares
- 2004
- 12.24 Became affiliated with Woori Financial Group
- 05.19 Seperated from LG Group
2012 - 2018
- 2018
- 06.27 Establish an office in Vietnam
- 01.01 Seong Hoon Kim was appointed as the new CEO
- 2017
- 04.19 Launched Kiwoom Private Equity Corporation
(Payment amount to 10 billion Won) - 2016
- 01.01 Hyun Lee was appointed as the new CEO
- 2014
- 12.01 Woori Asset Management and Kiwoom Asset Management merged together,
creating Kiwoom Asset Management. (Capital 41 billion Won) - 05.02 The major shareholder of the company was changed from Woori Financial Group to Kiwoom Asset Management, acquiring 100% of the total shares.
Sooyoung Yoon was appointed as the new CEO - 2013
- 08.30 Jonggyu Park was appointed as the new CEO
- 03.06 Launched Nest-egg savings fund
- 03.03 Launched US 1.5x leverage fund
- 2012
- 10.29 First in Korea to list KOSEF 10 year KTB Leverage
- 04.13 First to list KOSEF futures in Korea
- 04.10 Signed a Memorandum of Understanding and asset management
with Hong Kong alternative investment operator MCP - 04.05Participated in March through Natinal Lang Long term Investment promotion event
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
- Asset Management Service
- Services in the operation
and management of trust and mutual
fund assets - Consulting Service
- Services in investment management
and investment consultation - Other Ancillary Service
- Service concercing futures investment
funds and research in the economy and
business management, capital markets
CONTACT US
- ADDRESS18, Yeouinaru-ro 4gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07331, korea
- TEL82-2-789-0300 FAX82-2-789-0443