Native name | 삼성증권 (三星證券) |
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Formerly | Hanil Investment & Finance Kookje Securities |
Company type | Public |
KRX: 016360 | |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | October 19, 1982 |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Key people | Seok Hoon Chang ( CEO) |
Products |
Investment banking Sales and trading Wealth management |
Revenue | KRW 2.40 trillion (2021) |
KRW 965.34 billion (2021) | |
Total assets | KRW 65.71 trillion (2021) |
Total equity | KRW 6.08 trillion (2021) |
Owners |
Samsung Life Insurance (29.60%) National Pension Service (11.30%) |
Number of employees | 2,397 (2021) |
Parent | Samsung |
Website |
www |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. ( Korean: 삼성증권) is a South Korean financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and a subsidiary of Samsung Group. It is one of the largest securities companies in Korea. [2]
On 19 October 1982, Hanil Investment & Finance was established. [1] [3]
In 1988, the company was publicly listed on the Korea Exchange. [1]
In 1991, the company changed its name to Kookje Securities. [1]
In 1992, the company was incorporated into the Samsung Group and was rebranded to Samsung Securities. [1] [3]
In 1996, the company attempted to set up a joint venture with J.P. Morgan & Co. to sell mutual funds in Korea but by 1997, the venture failed. [4] In 1998, the company was the first to sell mutual funds in Korea. [1]
In 2000, the company merged with Samsung Investment Trust. [1]
In 2014, the company's ownership of Samsung Asset Management was transferred to Samsung Life Insurance. [5]
In 2018, the company set up a team specializing in analysing investments related to North Korea, the first in the industry to do so according to a statement issued. [6] [7]
The company has signed partnerships with various companies. These include Rothschild & Co (2008), [1] [8] Neuberger Berman (2014), [9] KGI Securities (2016) [1] [10] and Societe Generale (2018). [11]
The company has opened offices overseas. These include London (1996), New York (1998) and Hong Kong (2001). [1] [12]
On 8 April 2018, an employee of Samsung Securities mistakenly distributed shares worth US$100 billion to employees. [13] [14] The error happened when the company tried to pay a dividend to about 2,000 employees who participated in the company stock ownership plan. [13] [14] The intent was to give each of those employees 1,000 South Korean won, worth about US$1, but instead issued 2.8 billion shares. [13] [14] These shares were worth about 112.6 trillion won, or 30 times the market capitalization of the company. [13] [14]
The error caused the price of the company's stock to drop by 11 percent within a day and to fluctuate after that. [13] [14] By 7 May 2018, the company stated that it would file criminal lawsuits against employees who sold their shares during the fat finger incident. [13]