Custody Service
1. History
- 1996.07 : Started Custody Service
- 2006.07 : Selected by National Pension Service, Korea as a Custodian Bank for Domestic Fixed Income
- 2010.09 : Selected by National Pension Service, Korea as a Custody Bank for Domestic Alternative Investment
- 2010.09 : Started Custody Service for Korean Hedge Fund
- 2013.12 : Selected by National Pension Service, Korea as a Custodian Bank Domestic Equity
- 2014.04 : Accomplished One Trillion Securities Lending Balance Under Custody
- 2014.09 : Opened New Custody System based on X-Platform
2. Custody Service business scope
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- Domestic Fund Custody
- Safekeeping and settlement of Domestic Equity and Fixed Income through KSD
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- Overseas Fund Custody
- Contract with foreign Global Custodian, Safekeeping and settlement for Foreign Direct Investment related security
- Management for foreign Fund of Funds.
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- Asset Backed Securities Service
- Agency service for ABS issuance, SPC Fund Management and Fund Administration.
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- Domestic and Foreign Alternative Investment Fund Custody
- Custody, Management and Contract execution, Settlement service
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- Compliance
- As a Custodian bank, we comply applicable laws and regulations on managements, collective investments and investment instructions in accordance with Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act in Korea.
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- Accounting
- Valuation, Calculate NAV and validates standard price in accordance with Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act in Korea.
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- Reporting
- Provides reports of Assets Under Custody and other customized reports to meet our client’s needs
3. Major customers
- Woori Bank is a Custodian Bank of a great number of major investment institutions in Korea. Our major customers are local pension fund (62.85%), investment management companies (21.15%), government organizations (13.58%) and insurance companies (2.42%)
- Woori Bank also provides custodian service to Fund or Fund of Funds which are set up by local and foreign investment management companies.
4. Awards
- Awarded 2014 Asian Investor Best Onshore Custodian
- Awarded 2015 Asian Banker Best Sub Custodian
5. Excellent system
- Developed and opened new system in Sep. 2014.
- Characteristics
- (1) The newest system in the industry which is based on x-platform
- (2) Fast and precise service
- Fast data production and reporting service with batch process for mass transactions
- Proactive error management function and reconciliation/verification system
- (3) Flexibility
- Production of various types of data and reports
- Flexible system structure accommodates various customer requests
- (4) Automation
- Maximize correctness of data by automatical production of basic information.
6. Staff
- The best custody service by excellent staff