HF Signs MOU to Expand MBS and Covered Bond Markets 

Korea Housing Finance Corporation (HF, CEO Lee Jung-Hwan) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three foreign investment agencies at HF Headquarters in Nam-gu, Busan, on the 28th. This MOU signing is part of its efforts to build a system of cooperation for the development of the securities markets. This year alone, HF has signed MOUs with a total of five foreign investment institutions to attract greater foreign investment in the nation's MBS and other securities markets and is currently in discussions with them to work out the final details of cooperation.  (From left) Standard Chartered Securities Korea CEO Cho Jin-Woo,  Credit Agricole Securities Seoul Branch Manager Cha Jin-Seop, Korea Housing Finance Corporation CEO Lee Jung-Hwan, and Societe Generale Securities Korea CEO Gang Jun-Hwan.