Korea Exchange to hold 'FIA Forum' in Busan on the 10th

Korea Exchange announced on the 1st that it will hold 'FIA Forum: Busan 2025' with the Futures Industry Association (FIA) at the Signiel Hotel in Haeundae-gu, Busan, on the 10th.

FIA (Futures Industry Association) is the world's largest derivatives association based in Washington, D.C., U.S. Around 200 institutions are active as members. This forum is a global derivatives conference that FIA holds in major financial centers in Asia, North America, and Europe in cooperation with the representative exchanges of those regions.

Korea Exchange attracted this event to mark the introduction of night trading for derivatives this year and the 20th anniversary of the launch of its Busan headquarters.

Major figures from domestic financial institutions as well as foreign exchanges such as CME and Eurex, investment banks such as J.P. Morgan and Barclays, and index providers such as S&P and FTSE Russell are expected to attend.

The first session will be held under the theme 'The Current State and Direction of the Korean Derivatives Market.' Park Sang-wook, Deputy Head of the Derivatives Market Division at Korea Exchange, and a director in charge of Asia derivatives trading at J.P. Morgan, among others, will attend. They will assess the current status of the Korean market in terms of liquidity and investor base, and share major achievements in trading infrastructure and regulatory improvements.

The second session will cover 'Accessibility of the Korean Derivatives Market from a Global Perspective.' A director in charge of index products at S&P Global and Kim Min-a, Director and Head of Asia Equity Derivatives at CME, among others, will participate to express views on the market's accessibility and its achievements to date, and discuss linkage and cooperation measures with overseas institutions to expand the inflow of global investors.

Korea Exchange stated, "We plan to seek the direction for the Korean derivatives market through discussions with various market participants on recent industry trends such as the competition to extend trading hours and virtual assets."