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Mirae Asset Global Investments 
Type Private company Industry Financial services Founded 1997 Headquarters Seoul, South Korea Key people Hyeon-Joo Park, Chairman
Jae Sang KOO, Vice-Chairman
Woong PARK, Chief Executive Officer (Hong Kong)
Joon KWUN, Chief Executive Officer (US)
Arindam GHOSH, Chief Executive Officer (India)Products Mutual funds, Trading & Investing, Retirement & Planning AUM US $53.7 billion (June 2011) Employees 670 Total; 130 Investment Professionals (2011) Website miraeasset.com Mirae Asset Financial Group
Mirae Asset Financial Group is a leading independent financial services group in Asia[1], headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. While the group’s core business is asset management, it also provides comprehensive financial services in the areas of wealth management and life insurance. Mirae Asset was founded by Hyeon Joo Park in 1997 and introduced the very first mutual funds to Korean retail investors in 1998.
Mirae Asset Global Investments Group
Mirae Asset Global Investments Group is the asset management arm of Mirae Asset Financial Group. It is one of the largest investors in emerging market equities[2]. With around 550 employees, including more than 190 dedicated investment professionals (as of 30 June 2011), Mirae Asset Global Investments Group has a presence in Hong Kong, China, Korea, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States. Mirae Asset Global Investments Group manages over US$53 billion in assets globally (as of 30 June 2011).[3]
As one of the world’s leading investors in emerging market equities[4], Mirae Asset Global Investments’ goal is to provide consistent performance for clients supported by extensive on-the-ground research in the emerging markets.
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Chairman
Mr. Hyeon Joo Park is the founder and Chairman of Mirae Asset Financial Group. He had the vision to establish the Group in 1997 amidst the Asian Financial crisis and was the first to launch retail mutual funds in South Korea in 1998. Mirae Asset Global Investments Group, the asset management arm of the Group, is one of the market leaders in the Korean Mutual Fund Industry today, and Chairman Park has built Mirae Asset into one of the world’s largest investors in emerging market equities.
Mr Park is 52 years old, has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Korea University and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2002. Numerous awards and honors have been bestowed on Chairman Park such as “The most respectable CEO in 2008” by the Korea Management Association and “The leading CEO in Korea’s Financial Industry in 2008” by the Maeil Economic Daily.
Milestones
2011
- Mirae Asset Financial Group agreed to acquire 85% of Betapro Management Inc. BetaPro, together with its subsidiary Alphapro, manage the Horizons family of exchange traded funds, the largest ETF family in Canada with more than 70 ETFs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and C$3 billion (US$3.1 billion) in Assets under Management[5]
- Mirae Asset Global Investments acquires 60% of TLG Asset Management, a fund management subsidiary of Taiwan Life Insurance
- Mirae Asset Private Equity and Fila Korea agree to buy Acushnet Company, owner of leading golf brands Titleist and FootJoy[6]
- Mirae Asset launches iPhone application focused on “Emerging Markets”
- Mirae Asset TIGER KOSPI 200 listed in HK
2010
- Mirae Asset launches US-domiciled funds
- Harvard Business School chooses Mirae Asset’s story and the entrepreneurship of Chairman Park Hyeon Joo for a case study
2009
- Mirae Asset Global Investments signs an agreement to form an asset management joint venture in China
2008
- Mirae Asset was recognized as the largest investor in emerging markets
- Mirae Asset’s SICAV Luxembourg-domiciled funds were launched
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (Brazil) was established
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) was established
2007
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (UK) was established
2006
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) was established
2005
- Mirae Asset launches Korea’s first overseas investment (ex-Korea) fund Mirae Asset Retirement Pension Institute established
2004
- Mirae Asset Investment Education & Research Center was established
- Mirae Asset MAPS Global Investments was established through the acquisition of a local asset management company
2003
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (HK), the first global operation based in Hong Kong, was established
2001
- Selected as external manager of the National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea
1998
- Korea’s first mutual investment fund was launched by Mirae Asset
1997
- Mirae Asset Global Investments was established
Latest Awards
2011
- Mirae Asset Global Investments receives the Best Retail House - Korea award from Asia Asset Management
- Mirae Asset Global Investment receives the Best International Equities Manager in Korea award from Asian Investor
2010
- Mirae Asset Global Investments receives the Asia Asset Management Best of the Best Awards 2009 under the category of Korea’s Best Retail House
2009
- Mirae Asset Chairman Hyeon Joo Park was the award recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 for Korea
- Mirae Asset Global Investments receives the Asian Investor’s 2009 Investment Performance Awards under the category of Best in Emerging Market – Equity
- Mirae Asset Global Investments receives Asia Asset Management’s 2008 Best of the Best Awards, Korea under the Best Community Service Award category
2008
- Mirae Asset Global Investments receives Asian Investor’s 2008 Investment Performance Award under the category of Korean Equities One-Year Performance
Other businesses
Mirae Asset Securities
Mirae Asset Securities provide clients with a comprehensive suite of services including wealth management, investment banking, brokerage and M&A advisory. The company understands the needs of clients and is passionate about providing a high level of service at all times. Its CEO is the vice president of the Mirae Asset group, Mr. Hyun-man Choi.
Mirae Asset Life Insurance
With over 1,400 full-time professionals and over 7,300 financial consultants, Mirae Asset Life Insurance is a full-service life insurance company offering clients a broad range of life insurance, investment-linked insurance and retirement products. To meet client needs, the company also offers financial consulting and comprehensive retirement planning services.
Mirae Asset Capital
Mirae Asset Capital is the founding company of the Mirae Asset group. The company, established in 1997, provides financial consulting and corporate finance services. It also invests in industries that drive the Korean economy, such as the internet, multimedia and biotechnology sectors.
Notes and references
- ^ Top Retail Manager in Asia incl. Japan and India, ex-Australia - Fund Manager Survey, Asia Asset Management, September 2010.
- ^ One of the largest investors in emerging market equities amongst 54 asset management firms surveyed – Investing in Emerging Market Equities Survey, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), Jan., 2011.
- ^ http://investments.miraeasset.com/en/group/ourBusManagement.jsp
- ^ Investing in Emerging Market Equities Survey, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), Jan., 2011
- ^ BetaPro, June 30, 2011.
- ^ Korean company to buy Titleist, Footjoy, FOX Sports, May 20, 2011.
See also
External links
KLIA Members AIG Korea Insurance · Dongbu Life · Hanhwa Daehan Life Insurance · Heungkook Life · KB Life · Kumho Life · Kyobo Life · Mirae Asset · Samsung Life · Tongyang Orion Life InsuranceCategories:- Banking
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