Hwang Seong-yeop, co-CEO of Shinyoung Securities, was elected Thursday as the seventh chairman of the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA). His three-year term will run from January next year through December 2028. According to the association, Hwang secured 57.36 percent of the vote in a runoff ballot, defeating Lee Hyun-seung, former CEO of KB Asset Management, who received 41.81 percent. After winning the election, Hwang told reporters that “pensions” and the “capital market” would be the main priorities of his term. “I aim to foster a long-term investment culture, redirect idle liquidity into the capital market and help support the country’s strategic industries,” he said. “I will take time to listen closely to industry concerns and explore effective policy responses.” Born in 1963, Hwang joined Shinyoung Securities in 1987 and has spent nearly four decades at the company. He is widely regarded as a capital markets expert, having led most of the firm’s major divisions, including asset management, institutional business and investment banking. KOFIA has 39