Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Jin Ok-Dong (right) has a commemorative photo with Daiwa Securities Group President Akihiko Ogino during a four-day business trip to Japan that started on Dec. 12. /Courtesy of Shinhan Financial

Jin Ok-dong, chairman of Shinhan Financial Group, noted, "We reaffirmed the strong trust of overseas investors in the Korean economy and financial market through the investment briefing (IR) and meetings."

According to Shinhan Financial on the 16th, Chairman Jin had conducted his first overseas IR this year over four days starting from the 12th in Japan, targeting major local financial institutions and institutional investors.

During this trip, Chairman Jin met with officials from the Financial Services Agency of Japan, the Bank of Japan (BOJ), Daiwa Securities, Mizuho, and SMBC to explain the current stabilization of the Korean financial market to dispel recent concerns about it. He also discussed Shinhan Financial's business performance and the implementation status of the value-up (corporate value enhancement) program, as well as focused on attracting investment from Japanese institutional investors.

Chairman Jin said, "Shinhan Financial will actively communicate with overseas investors to convey the solid Korean financial market and the efforts for sustainable growth of Shinhan Financial based on it."