KIWOOM Securities Co., Ltd. is a financial service provider specialized in the security-trading sector. The Company operates its business through four divisions: retail brokerage division, which provides brokerage services of stocks, funds, overseas stocks and foreign exchanges; wholesale brokerage division, which provides financial research and transaction services for corporations and institutions, and transaction services of bonds and over the counter derivatives; investment banking division, which underwrites initial public offering (IPO), corporation bonds, asset-backed commercial papers (ABCPs) and asset-backed securities (ABSs), and provides real estate project financing services and alternative investment services, as well as investment management division. On March 28, 2012, the Company acquired a 50.5% stake in Sam Shin Mutual Saving &Finance Co., Ltd.