Law Firm Taepyeongyang, Hires Former Korea Exchange Market Surveillance Director Kim Kyung-kyu [Law Firm News]

[Financial News] Law Firm Taepyeongyang announced on the 20th that it has hired former Korea Exchange Market Surveillance Director Kim Kyung-kyu as an advisor.
Advisor Kim Kyung-kyu has worked for about 34 years since 1991 at the Korea Exchange and the Financial Supervisory Service as the Director of Special Investigations and Director of Short Selling Special Audit, handling tasks such as listing reviews of KOSPI and KOSDAQ companies, investigations of unfair trading in the capital market, detection and sanctions on short selling, and other unfair trading regulatory tasks. Until recently, he was active as an advisor at the Korea Listed Companies Association and a member of the KRX faculty at the Korea Exchange Management Support Division.
Recently, the Korea Exchange announced plans to expand the Market Surveillance Division to strengthen monitoring of unfair trading such as stock price manipulation and illegal short selling. Advisor Kim plans to leverage his experience in market surveillance, investigation, audit, illegal short selling detection criteria, and system establishment from his time at the Korea Exchange Market Surveillance Division to enhance the expertise of Taepyeongyang's Financial Group and Financial Securities Crime Investigation Response Team.
Kim Hak-kyun, head of Taepyeongyang's Financial Group and former standing member of the Financial Services Commission and chairman of the KOSDAQ Market Committee, said, "With the addition of Advisor Kim Kyung-kyu, Taepyeongyang's capability to respond to capital market investigations has been significantly strengthened," adding, "We will strive to provide the highest level of solutions for the new government's policies."

jisseo@fnnews.com Seo Min-ji Reporter