Woori Financial Group

Short description: South Korean company

Woori Financial Group Inc.

Native name

| 주식회사 우리금융지주
Type| Public

Traded as

Short description: Securities exchange operator in South Korea

Korea Exchange| 한국거래소

Type| Stock exchange
Location| Busan & Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E﻿ / ﻿35.136721°N 129.064746°E﻿ / 35.136721; 129.064746 (Busan)
Founded| 1956; 70 years ago (1956)
Key people| Sohn Byung-doo
(Chairman & CEO)
Currency| South Korean won
No. of listings| 2,445 (as of May 2021)[1]
Market cap| ₩2,604 trillion KRW ($2.3 trillion USD)[2]
Indices| KOSPI
KOSDAQ
KRX 100
Website| www.krx.co.kr
eng.krx.co.kr
Woori Financial Group

Hangul|

한국거래소

Hanja|

韓國去來所

Revised Romanization| Hanguk Georaeso
McCune–Reischauer| Hanguk 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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Traded Instruments
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links
* 6 Business
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## 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

* Korea Financial Investment Association
* List of East Asian stock exchanges

## 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.

## External links

* Korea Exchange Website

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NYSE: WF
Industry| Financial services
Founded| January 11, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-01-11)
Headquarters|

Seoul

South Korea

Subsidiaries| Woori Bank
Website| woorifg.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 Korean Government, 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

* Woori Bank

## See also

* List of South Korean companies
* Woori Bank

## 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.

## External links

* Official website
* Business data for Woori Financial:

* Google Finance
* Yahoo! Finance
* Bloomberg

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