Overview
- At NYSE headquarters, Lee laid out his policy agenda after the opening-bell ceremony, with NYSE President Lynn Martin saying the summit highlighted a potential "Korea Premium."
- Roughly 20 Wall Street leaders were invited, including Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, JPMorgan’s Mary Callahan Erdoes, PIMCO’s Emmanuel Roman, Franklin Templeton’s Jennifer Johnson, Blackstone’s Jonathan Gray, KKR’s Joseph Bae and Goldman Sachs executive Marc Nachmann.
- Senior Korean officials and business leaders attended, including Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol, FSC Chair Lee Ok-won, FSS Governor Lee Chan-jin, and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won.
- The presidential office underscored recent reforms such as launching the NexTrade alternative trading venue, tightening public-filing rules, and backing bills to bolster minority-shareholder rights and board fiduciary duties.
- During the New York trip, Lee met BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to sign an MOU on AI data centers and met U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, where he reiterated Korea’s request for a currency-swap arrangement tied to Seoul’s US$350 billion investment pledge.