Key Takeaways
- • Igis Asset Management appointed Seo Sung-yong, head of its hedge fund management division, as CEO of its securities sector, effective November 1, according to an announcement made on October 28, 2026.
- • Seo previously worked at the National Pension Fund Management Headquarters from 2011 to 2018, covering stocks, real assets, private equity funds and venture capital investments.
- • Since joining Igis in 2022, Seo built a fund lineup spanning stocks, bonds, public offering stocks, mezzanine and unlisted equity, with cumulative fund settings reaching 630 billion won through the end of the first half of 2026.
- • Seo's stated strategy is "Multi-Strategic Absolute Return," reorganizing marketable and non-market asset strategies into two axes and expanding marketing staff to serve institutional investors, corporates and family offices.
Summary
Igis Asset Management has appointed Seo Sung-yong, head of its hedge fund management division, as CEO of the securities sector, according to an announcement made on October 28, 2026. The appointment takes effect on the 1st of next month, as reported by Maeil Business Newspaper (Maeil Business Newspaper, via the original article).
Seo, born in 1976, spent 2011 to 2018 at the National Pension Fund Management Headquarters, where he managed stocks before taking on real assets, private equity funds (PEFs) and venture capital (VC) investments. He previously worked at Mirae Asset Securities and Mirae Asset Management. After leaving the pension fund, he formed a multi-asset management team at Koramco Asset Management to run funds combining real estate-related assets such as listed REITs, and joined Igis Asset Management in 2022.
At Igis, Seo took over the multi-asset investment division, now the hedge fund management division, and built a fund lineup investing across stocks, bonds, public offering stocks, mezzanine debt and unlisted equity. According to the announcement, cumulative fund settings in the division reached 630 billion won from 2022 through the end of the first half of 2026.
In his new role, Seo proposed a "Multi-Strategic Absolute Return" direction for the securities sector. The firm plans to reorganize the marketable and non-market asset strategies previously handled in the hedge fund division into two axes to concentrate capabilities, and to expand marketing personnel to strengthen coverage of institutional investors, general corporations and family offices. The bond investment division will continue to offer solutions using domestic and foreign debt-type assets.
Seo said the sector would seek competitiveness through a multi-strategy spanning marketable assets and private deals, guided by close reading of market flows. He added that the goal is to become a trusted manager for institutional clients by managing volatility and pursuing absolute returns.
Seo, born in 1976, spent 2011 to 2018 at the National Pension Fund Management Headquarters, where he managed stocks before taking on real assets, private equity funds (PEFs) and venture capital (VC) investments. He previously worked at Mirae Asset Securities and Mirae Asset Management. After leaving the pension fund, he formed a multi-asset management team at Koramco Asset Management to run funds combining real estate-related assets such as listed REITs, and joined Igis Asset Management in 2022.
At Igis, Seo took over the multi-asset investment division, now the hedge fund management division, and built a fund lineup investing across stocks, bonds, public offering stocks, mezzanine debt and unlisted equity. According to the announcement, cumulative fund settings in the division reached 630 billion won from 2022 through the end of the first half of 2026.
In his new role, Seo proposed a "Multi-Strategic Absolute Return" direction for the securities sector. The firm plans to reorganize the marketable and non-market asset strategies previously handled in the hedge fund division into two axes to concentrate capabilities, and to expand marketing personnel to strengthen coverage of institutional investors, general corporations and family offices. The bond investment division will continue to offer solutions using domestic and foreign debt-type assets.
Seo said the sector would seek competitiveness through a multi-strategy spanning marketable assets and private deals, guided by close reading of market flows. He added that the goal is to become a trusted manager for institutional clients by managing volatility and pursuing absolute returns.
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