Michael Sohn

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (South Korea) is the South Korean brokerage division of Great Britain-based Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc, ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 1996 and provides prime brokerage and execution services and solutions to institutional clients.

Macquarie Securities Korea Ltd. (MSKL) is the South Korean broker/dealer subsidiary of Great Britain-based Macquarie Internationale Investments Ltd., ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG) in Australia. Headquartered in Seoul, MSKL was founded in 2006 and offers cash equities broking and risk and arbitrage trading services.

The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (South Korea) (HSBC Korea) is the South Korea-based broker/dealer division of The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. in Hong Kong. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 2002 and is ultimately owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. HSBC Korea provides brokerage services to Korean financial institutions and public corporations.

Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mirae Asset-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 006800), a publicly-listed investment banking and stock brokerage company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1902, Mirae Asset-Broker originates, structures, and executes a series of products and solutions linked to equity, derivatives, commodities, options, fixed-income, currency, and alternative investment products and provides them to financial institutions and wealth management organizations in Korea and overseas.

CGS-CIMB Securities Hong Kong Ltd. (South Korea) is the South Korean brokerage subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CGS-CIMB Securities Hong Kong Ltd., which is owned by CGS-CIMB Securities International Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 2012 and offers retail and online broking for retail and institutional clients.