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Woori Financial Group

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Short description: South Korean company
Woori Financial Group Inc.
Native name
주식회사 우리금융지주
TypePublic
Short description: Securities exchange operator in South Korea
Korea Exchange
한국거래소
TypeStock exchange
LocationBusan & Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E / 35.136721°N 129.064746°E / 35.136721; 129.064746 (Busan)
Founded1956; 70 years ago (1956)
Key peopleSohn Byung-doo
(Chairman & CEO)
CurrencySouth Korean won
No. of listings2,445 (as of May 2021)[1]
Market cap₩2,604 trillion KRW ($2.3 trillion USD)[2]
IndicesKOSPI
KOSDAQ
KRX 100
Websitewww.krx.co.kr
eng.krx.co.kr
Woori Financial Group
Hangul
한국거래소
Hanja
韓國去來所
Revised RomanizationHanguk Georaeso
McCune–ReischauerHanguk Kŏraeso

Korea Exchange (KRX, 한국거래소) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea . It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul.

History

The Korea Exchange was created through the integration of Korea Stock Exchange (KSE), Korea Futures Exchange and KOSDAQ Stock Market under the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act. The securities and derivatives markets of former exchanges are now business divisions of Korea Exchange: the Stock Market Division, KOSDAQ Market Division and Derivatives Market Division. As of Dec 2020, Korea Exchange had 2,409 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of ₩2.3 quadrillion KRW (US$2.1 trillion). The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00 am to 03:30 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.[3]

On 22 May 2015, the Korea Exchange joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative in an event with the UN-SG Ban Ki-moon in attendance, as well as senior officials from UN Global Compact and UNCTAD.[4]

Traded Instruments

KOSPI Market Division
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Exchange-Linked Warrants (ELWs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
KOSDAQ Market Division
  • Stocks
Derivatives Market Division
  • Index Instruments: KOSPI 200 Index Futures, KOSTAR Futures, KOSPI 200 Index Options
  • Single Stock Futures
  • Equity Options
  • Interest Rate Instruments: 3-Year KTB (Korea Treasury Bond) Futures, 5-Year KTB Futures, 10-Year KTB Futures
  • Foreign Exchange Instruments: USD Futures, JPY Futures, EUR Futures, USD Options
  • Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures, Mini-gold Futures, Lean Hog Futures

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Global KRX About KRX KRX Overview History"". http://global.krx.co.kr/main/main.jsp. 
  2. ↑ ""시가총액"". http://www.krx.co.kr/main/main.jsp. 
  3. ↑ Market Hours, Korea Exchange via Wikinvest
  4. ↑ "UN Secretary-General Joins Business Leaders in Seoul, Calls for Urgent Action on Poverty, Climate Change and Conflict". UN Global Compact. https://www.unglobalcompact.org/news/1881-05-19-2015. 




NYSE: WF
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedJanuary 11, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-01-11)
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
SubsidiariesWoori Bank
Websitewoorifg.com

Woori Financial Group (Korean: 우리금융지주) is a Seoul-based banking and financial services holdings company and is the largest bank in South Korea . Woori has had a short history as a financial institution. It was formed in 2001 from the forced merger of 4 predecessor commercial banks and an investment bank (Hanvit, Peace, Kwangju and Kyongnam Banks and Hanaro Investment Banking and their subsidiaries). The banks were taken over and recapitalised by the government because they had fallen below the Basel I Accord mandated eight percent capital adequacy ratio. The South Korea , through the Korean Deposit Insurance Corporation, remains the primary investor as a result.[1]

This came about as a part of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which affected the operations of virtually all banks and financial firms in South Korea.

Business

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Eun-joo (June 26, 2013). "Divide-and-sell strategy for Woori". Korea Joongang Daily. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2973711. 



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