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Newsletter (October, 2024)

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President’s Message

 

 Dear KAFA Members, Friends, and Supporters:

 

As we approach the October meeting, I am excited to reconnect with all of you

in Dallas. This newsletter provides updates since the summer briefing and highlights

our upcoming activities.

 

Recognition and New Officers:

I am delighted to announce that Professor Tae Yi from the State University of New York at Fredonia has been nominated as President-Elect. If he is elected, he will join Professor Sean Sehyun Yoo from Belmont University, who will serve as KAFA President starting in October 2024. We also welcome new members to KAFA’s Executive Office: Professor Daewoung Choi from the University of Washington Bothell as Secretary of General, and Professor Chulhee Jun from the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania as Treasurer. Their terms will commence this October. In addition, please join me in welcoming Professor Chang Mo Kang from Hanyang University, who has been served as KAFA Secretary Korea since October 2023.

 

Sponsors and Supporters:

KAFA is fortunate to receive generous financial support from the Financial News (FN), the Shinhan Financial Hope Foundation, and the Bong-Soo Lee Scholarship Fund. These contributions allow us to continue recognizing outstanding scholarly achievements through various awards, including the FN-KAFA Eminent Scholar Award, the SHB-KAFA Young Scholar Award, the FN-KAFA Top-Journal Paper Award, the SHB-KAFA Best Paper Award, the Dr. Bong-Soo Lee Memorial Scholarship, the FN-KAFA Doctoral Student Dissertation Award, and the SHB-KAFA Scholarships for Ph.D. Students. We are deeply grateful to Chairman Jae-Ho Jeon, Vice Chairman Seonik Jeon of FN, Chairman Dong Koo Kim as well as Mrs. Chris and Paul Lee.

 

​Korea and Asia Special Sessions:

KAFA will host two special sessions at the 2024 annual FMA meeting. The first, the Korea Session, will be held in collaboration with the Bank of Korea (Special Session 109) on October 18th from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. ET. The second, the Asia Session (Special Session 136), will take place on the same day from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET. I strongly encourage all KAFA members to attend these sessions, as they offer valuable insights from leading KAFA researchers and perspectives from Korea. We extend our gratitude to Dr. Chang Yong Rhee, Governor of the Bank of Korea, and Dr. Jae Won Lee, Chief Economist and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Korea, for sponsoring the KAFA executive meeting.

 

Past Activities:

This summer, many KAFA members participated in several impactful events, including the Allied Korea Finance Association Meeting, the FMA Asia-Pacific Conference, and the KIF-KAEA-KAFA symposium. These gatherings were highly successful, fostering rich discussions and featuring insightful papers. I extend my sincere thanks to all participants and to the Korea Institute of Finance for their generous support.

 

This year, KAFA and Financial News Korea have partnered to publish a bi-monthly series of interviews with esteemed scholars. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all contributors for their invaluable insights. Thanks to the generous support from Financial News Korea and our contributors, we have been able to deepen our understanding of current events.

 

The Memorial Event:

We will commemorate the legacy of our former President, the late Dr. Bong-Soo Lee, during the Business Meeting on Friday, October 18th. Please find further details within this newsletter.

 

The New Web Site:

We are excited to introduce the new face of KAFA at www.mykafa.org, made possible through the dedicated efforts of Professors Chulhee Jun and Sean Sehyun Yoo. I highly encourage you to explore the site and share your feedback with Professor Jun to support further improvements.

 

Final Note:

The annual business meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 21st, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET, followed by the annual dinner.

 

It has been my great honor to serve as KAFA President for the past year. I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Professors Sean Sehyun Yoo, Won Yong Kim, and Taek-yul Kim, who have been tireless partners throughout my tenure. Their dedication made it possible for us to achieve so much this year. I look forward to seeing everyone in Dallas, Texas.

 

Warm regards,

 

Ha-Chin Yi
President, 2023-2024 KAFA
Texas State University

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- For other news, please see the Newsletter (October 2024)

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