Obtained preliminary permit for financial holding company
2003
January
Split off from Dongwon Industry Co., Ltd and established Dongwon Finance Co. Ltd.
May
Obtained permit for financial holding company and launched Dongwon Financial Holdings
July
Dongwon Securities became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dongwon Financial Holdings
after all-inclusive exchange of shares.
De-listed Dongwon Securities Co., Ltd. (100% owned by Dongwon Financial Holdings), and
listed Dongwon Financial Holdings on KOSPI
2004
December
Excluded from Dongwon Group in accordance with Enforcement decree of Monopoly
and Fair trade act 3-2
2005
March
Acquired 100% stake in Korea Investment Trust Co., Ltd. from Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
(“KDIC”) and incorporated it as a wholly-owned subsidiary
May
Changed company name to Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. (“KIH”)
June
Merged Dongwon Securities Co., Ltd with Korea Investment Trust Co., Ltd
July
Merged Korea Investment Trust Management with Dongwon Investment Trust Management
2006
February
Established Korea Value Asset Management
March
Established Cornerstone Equity Partners
October
Launched Online Stock Service “BanKIS”
2008
February
Established Korea Investment & Securities Asia, Ltd. in Singapore
Established K-Atlas Advisors and K-Atlas in Singapore (currently renamed as KIARA Advisors and KIARA Capital)
October
Established Korea Investment Asset Management Holdings as an intermediate holding company,
and incorporated KIM & KIVAM as its subsidiaries.
2009
August
Established KIM Asia Ltd. (Korea Investment Management Asia Ltd.,) in Hong Kong
2010
November
Included KIS Vietnam Securities Corporation as a subsidiary
December
Korea Investment Savings Bank received credit rating of “A” for the first time in the industry
2011
October
Korea Investment & Securities obtained license for Prime Brokerage Service
2012
August
Merged Korea Investment Holdings with Korea Investment Asset Management Holdings
2013
October
Designated as a Comprehensive Financial Investment Business Entity (Acquired Korea Investment
Banking License) under Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act
2014
November
Established Korea Investment Capital as a subsidiary of KIS
2016
January
Incorporated EQ Partners (Currently Korea Investment Private Equity), which specializes in energy
infrastructure investment, as a subsidiary
Established Kakao of Korea (Currently Kakaobank) as a subsidiary of KIH
November
Acquired 4% stake of Woori Bank from Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
2017
April
Changed company name to KakaoBank of Korea from Kakao of Korea
KakaoBank of Korea Obtained banking license from Financial Services Commission of Korea
November
Designated as Mega IB by Korea Financial Services Commission of Korea
2018
June
Acquired PT Korea Investment & Sekuritas Indonesia
2019
May
Established Korea Investment Real Estate Trust as a subsidiary of KIH
November
Excluded KakaoBank from KIH group after disposing a portion of KakaoBank shares
2020
January
Changed company name to Korea Investment Private Equity from EQ Partners
2021
January
Established KI&S US as a subsidiary of KIS
December
Established Korea Investment Accelerator as a subsidiary of KIH
2022
July
Established Korea Investment Real Asset Management as a subsidiary of KIM
September
Established the Joint Venture ‘SF Credit Partners LLC’ between KIS and Stifle Financial Corp.
December
KIS became the second largest shareholder of KakaoBank after acquiring KakaoBank shares from KIH and KIVAM
2023
March
KIS formed ‘KIS ST Friends’, a consultative body for token securities, with Kakao Bank, Toss Bank and Kakao Enterprise
Korea Investment Capital secured 4% stake by participating in Toss Bank’s capital increase
June
KIS became first in the industry by exceeding KRW 50 trillion in client financial product balance
July
KIS succeeded in issuing samurai bonds for the first time in the industry (Total amount issued is JPY 20 billion)
October
KIS signed strategic alliance with Carlye Group, a global investment firm
Korea Investment Capital participated in Toss Bank’s capital increase in succession
(As of the end of 2023, KIC share ratio is 8.99%)
2024
March
KIH acquired an entire stake of Korea Investment Real Asset Management