Byeong-Hyeon Ham

KB Asset Management Co. Ltd. (KBAM) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Inc. (KRX: 105560) in South Korea. The firm was founded in 1988 as Kookmin Investment Advisory Co. and became KB Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2004. Headquartered in Seoul, KBAM offers a diverse array of investment portfolios in the global markets for individual and institutional clients. The firm’s flagship investment products are KB Star US Nasdaq 100 Index Securities Master Fund, KB Shareholder Value Focus Fund, KB Tong China High Dividend Securities Master Fund, KB Active Dividend Securities Master Fund, KB Mid Small-Cap Focus Securities Master Fund and KB Value Focus Securities Master Fund.

Brain Asset Management Co. Ltd. (Brain AM) is an independent South Korean asset management firm which was founded in 2009 by Park Gun-Young. Based is Seoul, the firm provides a range of equity and hedge fund management services.

Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mirae Asset-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 006800), a publicly-listed investment banking and stock brokerage company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1902, Mirae Asset-Broker originates, structures, and executes a series of products and solutions linked to equity, derivatives, commodities, options, fixed-income, currency, and alternative investment products and provides them to financial institutions and wealth management organizations in Korea and overseas.

Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAMC) is the asset management subsidiary of Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (KRX: 032830) in South Korea. The firm was founded in 1998 as Samsung Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Seoul, SAMC provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to pooled investment vehicles, institutional investors and certain companies within the Samsung Group.