Financial Supervisory Service lifts COVID-19 closure... Disciplinary Committee to proceed as scheduled

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] As the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has normalized its headquarters, which was closed due to COVID-19, the second disciplinary committee meeting related to the Optimus fund incident is scheduled to proceed as planned on the afternoon of the 4th.

On the 4th, the FSS stated, "The second disciplinary committee meeting regarding the Optimus fund incident, targeting NH Investment & Securities and Hana Bank, will be held as scheduled this afternoon," adding, "All inspection results of the employees subject to examination have been confirmed negative, and after consultation with health authorities, employees are now able to return to work normally."

The FSS had closed its headquarters and switched employees to remote work on the 2nd after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Due to this, there was a possibility that the disciplinary meeting scheduled for this afternoon might be postponed. The disciplinary committee was held once on the 19th of last month but failed to reach a conclusion, and the second meeting was scheduled to resume on this day.

At the disciplinary meeting to be held today, with the attendance of NH Investment & Securities and Hana Bank executives and employees, issues such as internal control deficiencies that failed to filter out the poor-quality funds are expected to be the main focus of discussion.

Meanwhile, due to the closure of the FSS headquarters the previous day, the regular Financial Services Commission meeting, which FSS employees were to attend, was canceled, and thus the originally planned discussion and announcement of the progress and future plans for financial regulation relaxation measures have been postponed to around next week.

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