BlackRock of the United States, the world's largest asset manager, bought 7.2 million shares of Woori Financial Group to become the No. 2 shareholder. The National Pension Service, previously the No. 2 shareholder, fell to third place.
According to the Financial Supervisory Service's Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System (DART) on the 12th, BlackRock said it made an additional purchase of 7,201,412 shares of Woori Financial Group equity on the 19th of last month. BlackRock's equity stake rose by 1.05 percentage points, from 6.07% to 7.12%.
BlackRock pushed the National Pension Service (6.78%) down to third and climbed to second. The top equity holder is the Woori Employee Stock Ownership Association (7.7%). The National Pension Service has maintained the top shareholder position at major financial holding companies. However, starting today, Woori Financial became a special case in which the employee stock ownership association is the largest shareholder and the No. 2 shareholder is also held by foreign capital.