Hana Financial Group is accelerating the expansion of what it calls productive finance focused on future growth industries such as AI, bio and infrastructure. Corporate finance experts from affiliates gathered to strengthen the group’s IB cooperation framework and share investment insights by industry.

Hana Financial Group said on May 20 it held the second Hana One-IB Market Forum (HoF).

The forum was arranged to share insights on changes in the industrial structure and promising industries and to review the cooperation framework among affiliates.

In the first session, an external expert from the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) delivered a keynote lecture on changes in industries and financial markets related to Middle East geopolitical risks. It reviewed opportunity and risk response strategies amid shifts in the global environment.

In the second session, the Hana Institute of Finance and the Hana Securities research center jointly analysed and shared the market environment and promising sectors in core productive-finance industries such as AI, infrastructure, K-bio and healthcare.

In the third session, participants presented successful One-IB cooperation cases between Hana Bank and Hana Securities and discussed ways to support companies through cooperation among affiliates.

Hana Financial expanded this year’s productive finance supply plan to 17.8 trillion won, up 160.0 billion won from its previous plan. It also established an investment and productive finance division and a productive finance support team within the holding company and revamped its KPI system, building an execution framework centred on productive finance.

Kang Sung-mook (강성묵), vice chairman of Hana Financial Group, said, "For finance to properly support corporate growth, it needs a deep understanding of industry." He said the group would strengthen internal capabilities through regular communication and continue support for productive finance to serve as a primer for revitalising the real economy.