StanChart steps up Korea wealth push as affluent ranks grow

Standard Chartered Bank is pushing into South Korea with its priority private banking proposition as the country’s wealth market undergoes a rapid expansion. “Historically, wealth accumulation in Korea was primarily driven by domestic real estate and savings,” Ji Kang Kim, the bank’s head of affluent segment for Korea, told Asian Private Banker. “Today, however, we are witnessing the rapid emergence…

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