5th Annual Korea Investors Forum
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Join the 5th Annual Korea Investors Forum on November 5, 2025, in Seoul, a premier event for investment officers, board members, and trustees from Korean institutions.
Engage in in-depth discussions on topics investment trends across traditional and alternative asset classes and markets opportunities. Network with industry leaders to explore hedge fund allocation trends, asset recovery, and navigating the credit market cycle.
Register now to gain valuable insights and connect with peers shaping Korea's investment landscape!

OUR SPEAKERS
Speakers

Jason Minsang Kam
Kyobo Life Insurance
Senior Portfolio Manager, Corporate & Private Pension Asset Management Team

Jinho Conor Lee
Meritz Securities
Director, Head, Structured Solution Group, Structured Investment Division

Jiyun Chung
Woori Asset Management
Team Leader, Global Equity Team
Jiyun Chung joined Woori Asset Management in Feb 2024 to head its global equity team. From 2020 -2023, she was Director, Equities for Manulife Vietnam where she managed Vietnam equities fund. Between 2012 - 2019, she was portfolio manager and company representative for Hanwha Asset Management in Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Business from Yonsei University.

Sehee Kim
KB Asset Management
Head of Global Fund of Funds Investment Team, Global Multi-Asset Division
Sehee Kim, CFA
Sehee Kim is the head of Global FoFs team at KB
Asset Management. Prior to joining KB Asset Management in 2018, She served as
Associate Director, Head of Product at Fidelity Korea. Previously, She spent
five years at BlackRock Korea, most recently as a porfolio manager. Prior to
joining BlackRock, she worked at Shinhan BNPP Asset Management for five years
as a product specialist. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from
Sogang University. She is a CFA charterholder.

Seonghun Min
National Pension Service
Professor, University of Suwon; External Member, Alternative Investment Committee

Seunghee Kim
AIA Life Korea
Manager, Investment
Rachel Kim is an alternative and equity portfolio manager at AIA Life Insurance. Previously, she managed retirement pensions for firefighters at the Korean Fire Officials Credit Union. Before that, she had experience investing in a variety of onshore and offshore assets at Lotte Insurance company. She earned a BA degree in economics from Ewha Womans University and a MA degree in economics from Yonsei University. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in finance at Sungkyunkwan University's School of Business. She holds a CFA ESG certification.

Seungki Jeong
Kiwoom Asset Management
Head of Alternative Investment Team 2

Wonhyeok Choi
Korea Investment Corporation
Senior Director, Strategic Asset Allocation, Investment Strategy & Innovation Group
He is an investment professional with 17 years of experience in managing various Global Equity portfolios and Strategic Asset Allocation for Korea Investment Corporation, which is the sovereign wealth fund of South Korea. He is currently leading the strategic asset allocation as Senior Director of Investment Strategy & Innovation Group at KIC. Prior to the current role, he had built and managed various global equity portfolios and relevant platforms for both quantitative and fundamental strategies as a founding member of direct global equity team at KIC since 2007. Previously, he also worked in the model validation team at Shinhan Bank. He holds a MA in Management Engineering at KAIST and a BA in Economics at Korea University. He is currently a PhD candidate of Data Strategy Laboratory at KAIST.



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Alger
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Lazard
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Mercer
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Morningstar, Inc.
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Key Discussion Topics
- Macro Outlook and Global Asset Allocation
- Diversifying the Passive Equity Allocation with Low Tracking Error Strategies
- How to Build a Great Core Equity Portfolio
- Fixed Income and Currency Management - Realistic Expectations and Ways to Enhance
- Real Assets - Investments in Real Estate, Energy and Infrastructure
- Evaluating Alternative Beta Strategies
- Alternatives - Moving From Assets to Outcomes
- Investing in Today's Global Equity Markets
- ETFs as a Tool for Optimizing Institutional Portfolios
- Chief Investment Officer Management
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