Suk-Geun Sohn

Heungkuk Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Hungkuk AM) is the investment management subsidiary of the LEE Im-Ryong family-owned Hungkuk Securities Co., Ltd. in South Korea. The firm was founded in 1999 as Taekwang Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Seoul, Hungkuk AM manages pension funds and mutual funds for individual and institutional investors.

National Pension Service of Korea (NPSK) is the State-owned pension fund management subsidiary of the Government of South Korea. The firm is headquartered in Jeonju and was founded in 1987. NPSK serves as a reserve fund in Korea to ensure the necessary finances for the national pension services as well as for retirement, disability and survivor pension benefits. They have strategic partnerships with a number of asset managers with the objective of diversifying risk and drawing on their expertise.

Truston Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Truston AM) is an independent, South Korean asset management firm which was founded by Hwang Sung-Taek in 1998. Formerly known as IMM Investment Management, the firm changed their name to Truston Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2008. Headquartered in Seoul, Truston AM provides public offered equity funds as well as customized equity investment services to specific clients including financial institutions and companies.