Samsung Investment Trust Management (Samsung Investments) is the top investment management company in Korea, with KRW74 trillion worth of assets under management as of March 2007. The company provides investment trust and mutual fund management to retail and institutional clients. It is also the sole manager of the Asian Bond Fund, an investment vehicle created by eight central banks in Asia for investment in the Asian bond market.

Samsung Investment’s market-beating performance is driven by our value investment philosophy, based on rigorous research by Korea’s largest and most skilled research team, the unsurpassed expertise of our fund managers and an investment philosophy that prioritizes risk management over returns.

With its proven investment knowledge and quality process control, Samsung Investments has led the market and continues to increase its market share. Assets under management grew by KRW6.7 trillion over the previous year (measured from March 2006.March 2007). Moreover, it recorded KRW75.4 billion won in sales and KRW26.9 billion in profit before tax, despite a substantial increase in costs associated with expansion in staff and overseas investments.

In recognition of its distinguished asset management performance, including 13 consecutive weeks of the best six-month equity performance, Samsung Investments was named “Fund Manager of The Year” by the Korea Securities Award in 2006. In addition, its index fund, KODEX 200 ETF, won Maeil Business Newspaper’s Korea Fund Award.