Soo-Wook Hwang

Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (KIS) is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX: 071050) in South Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 1974 and provides securities brokerage, investment banking and derivatives trading services to individual and institutional clients.

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.

Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) is the brokerage division of Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 016360) in Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, the firm was founded in 1982 and offers stock brokerage services to retail clients.

KB Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (KB Securities-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of KB Securities Co. Ltd., which is owned by KB Financial Group, Inc. (KRX: 105560). The firm was founded in 1962 as Hyundai Securities Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Seoul, KB Securities-Broker provides institutional investors with brokerage services for stocks and financial products such as passive ETFs in addition to Prime Brokerage Service to OCIO solutions.

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.

KTB Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (KTB-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of KTB Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 030210) in South Korea. Headquartered in Seoul, KTB-Broker was founded in 1981 and provides brokerage services for institutional investors.

Meritz Securities Co Ltd (Meritz PE) is a private equity firm headquartered in Seoul, Korea. The firm started to operate since 1973 by Saeyeong Lee.