The 11th KRX Securities and Derivatives Outstanding Paper Topic: RFR Futures and Crude Oil ETP

Award Presentation and Prize Money Ceremony

[Asia Economy Reporter Minwoo Lee] Papers on risk-free reference rate (RFR) futures and oil-related exchange-traded products (ETPs) were selected as outstanding papers by the Korea Exchange and received awards.

The Korea Exchange announced on the 29th that it held the '11th KRX Securities and Derivatives Outstanding Paper Awards' ceremony at its Yeouido headquarters in Seoul.

Professor Seonjung Yoon of Dongguk University was awarded the Excellence Award for "Listing and Activation Measures of Risk-Free Reference Rate (RFR) Futures," and Professor Jaeseung Baek of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies received the Excellence Award for "A Study on the Investment Performance of Oil-related ETPs." The Encouragement Award went to Professor Suseok Maeng of Chungnam National University for "A Study on Regulatory Improvement Measures for High-Frequency Trading and Unfair Trading Practices by Robo-Advisors (RA)."

They were presented with a monetary prize and a plaque. Additionally, following the awards ceremony, an academic seminar was held for experts from academia and industry on the two awarded papers.

Previously, the Korea Exchange has been conducting this event since 2010, recognizing a total of 34 papers and awarding prize money up to this year.

In his congratulatory remarks, Cho Hyoje, Vice President of the Korea Exchange, stated, "For the domestic securities and derivatives market to develop, creative research activities from both the industry and academia are very important," and added, "We will organize and implement improvement measures such as introducing designated research topics and enhancing the prize money level for outstanding papers to motivate more researchers to study domestic securities and derivatives."

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