KIC Hosts Career Day in New York for Aspiring Wall Street Financial Professionals

The sovereign wealth fund KIC organized an event in New York, USA, to help Korean-American young aspiring finance professionals explore their career paths.

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) announced that on the afternoon of the 26th (local time), its New York office hosted a Career Day at the Korean Cultural Center in New York to support Korean students' entry into Wall Street. The event was held as part of the 10th 'New York Korean Finance Forum.'

The event was jointly organized by the New York Consulate General, KIC, and KFS (Korea Finance Society). This was the first time the three organizations held an event to support employment for Korean students in New York. About 60 people attended, including government officials such as the Deputy Consul General stationed in New York, representatives from public investment institutions and financial firms, and students.

At the event, four panelists participated: Aron Maeng, Managing Director of American Securities; William Im, Director at BlackRock; Andrew Kim, Partner at Paulson & Co.; and Lee Kyung-taek, Head of KIC's New York office.

The panelists shared vivid experiences from various financial institutions including private equity (PE), credit, hedge funds, and institutional investors (LP), followed by a Q&A session with attending students.

Subsequently, the KFS mentor group conducted a technical session providing concrete tips necessary for employment, such as resume writing and interview preparation.

Even after the official event concluded, a networking session continued where Wall Street finance professionals and aspiring finance professionals freely interacted.

Deputy Consul General Park Moon-gyu, in his congratulatory remarks, stated, “Public and private finance professionals and Korean-American finance professionals stationed in New York must cooperate as one team to actively support Korean talent’s entry into the international financial market.” He added, “I urge young and talented Korean youth to enter the U.S. Wall Street finance sector, enhance the status of the Korean economy, and take the lead in expanding Korea-U.S. economic cooperation.”

Lee Kyung-taek, Head of KIC’s New York office, said, “It was a meaningful occasion to share practical and specific information for a career in finance with talented Korean students.” He added, “We will continue to strive for the development of the Korean finance community, including Korean students.”

KIC has overseas offices in global financial hubs (New York and San Francisco in the U.S., London in the U.K., Singapore, and Mumbai in India). It operates finance forums and international financial councils to establish cooperative systems with domestic public and private financial institutions that have entered local markets and to share investment information.