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Mon, December 11, 2023 | 10:51
Investment consulting
Investment consulting is a relatively new concept in Korea, although the industry has existed for decades in most mature markets. Of the many types and forms of consulting that exist ― strategy consulting, process consulting and HR consulting ― investment consulting is a fairly niche area, focusing on institutional pools of capital that are managed with a medium to longer-ter...
Economy | 2011-05-20 20:35
Stock picks: Buy Handsome, Sell SL Corporation
Handsome, a Korean clothing company, is successfully winning the hearts of the high-income brackets with its prestige clothing brands, says Korea Investment & Securities.
Economy | 2011-05-15 21:25
MBA life: Chinese University of Hong kong
Lee Dong Hyuk, 41, graduated from the MBA program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2008. CUHK MBA (CUMBA) helps students become experts in the greater China region, and is currently running four exchange programs with leading MBAs in mainland China and Taiwan such as Tsinghua University and the Executive MBA Program offered by the National Sun Yat-sen Universi...
Economy | 2011-05-15 21:20
Kakaos magic rule of 4-2
By Cho Jin-seo Not many IT startups can survive two years without showing results. In this respect, Kakao's CEO Lee Je-beom can consider himself lucky. Until its free text-messaging service KakaoTalk emerged as the most widely used smartphone application in Korea last year, Lee had launched a series of unsuccessful web and mobile services. Most of them are no longer available. But were they really flops? Lee asserts that what made today's KakaoTalk a whirlwind success is the company's extremely flexible corporate culture that had been evolving during those first two years of mediocrity...
Economy | 2011-05-15 15:57
Kakaos magic rule of 4-2
Flexible, egalitarian corporate culture raises efficiency at fast-changing startup Not many IT startups can survive two years without showing results. In this respect, Kakao's CEO Lee Je-beom can consider himself lucky. Until its free text-messaging service KakaoTalk emerged as the most widely used smartphone application in Korea last year, Lee had launched a series of unsuc...
Economy | 2011-05-15 12:42
KakaoTalks sweet dream
Backed by wealthy entrepreneurs, Korea's coollest brand targets Japan, US, China to become the next Facebook
Economy | 2011-05-15 12:37
NPS: too big to go unnoticed
National pension fund's enormous size raises 2 fundamental questions on shareholder capitalism
Economy | 2011-05-09 15:53
Stock picks: Buy Shinhan Financial Group, Sell Kia Motors
Shinhan Financial Group, one of the leading lenders in Korea, saw a 57.9 percent quarterly increase in its net profit to 924.3 billion won ($855 million), says KB Investment & Securities. It was the highest among banks here.
Economy | 2011-05-08 13:30
Stock picks: Buy Hyundai Motor, Sell Hansae Fashion Worldwide
The first-quarter result from Hyundai Motor is exciting that the profit from its factories far exceeded market expectations, said KB Investment & Securities.
Economy | 2011-05-02 14:57
Goodbye to tax cut
What will happen to the Korean economy if Samsung moves its headquarters to Hong Kong or to Singapore to save tax? Don't worry. It won't.
Economy | 2011-05-01 15:32
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