Financial Services Commission Abolishes Capital Market Bureau Chief Recruitment... Section Chief Personnel Changes Scheduled for Second Week of August

Next Week's Planned Personnel Appointment
Urgent Issues Including Stock Manipulation Response
Need for Capital Market Expertise
Financial Services Commission Alumni Suitable

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is converting the Capital Market Bureau Chief position from an open recruitment role to an appointed position. This is interpreted as a decision that internal experts are more suitable than external candidates to finalize improvements in the capital market system, including the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's national agenda of 'eradicating unfair trading.' The Capital Market Bureau Chief is expected to be appointed next week, with manager-level personnel changes to follow sequentially.

According to financial authorities and related ministries on the 21st, the FSC, in consultation with the Ministry of Personnel Management, changed the Capital Market Bureau Chief position to an appointed post. The reason for abolishing the open recruitment system was the urgency of current issues. The Capital Market Bureau is responsible for all capital market system improvements and stock market revitalization measures, including the Ra Deok-yeon incident and resolving the Korea discount.

There is also a matter of effectiveness. Since 2013, the Capital Market Bureau Chief has been selected through open recruitment. The intent was to open the path for capable senior officials from other ministries to revitalize the capital market. However, from the first recruitment, there were difficulties due to a lack of applicants.

Since then, the Capital Market Bureau Chief has been held by FSC insiders. While this has drawn some criticism, there are also remarks that it is practically difficult to appoint anyone other than an FSC insider. The Capital Market Bureau is one of the key positions within the financial authorities overseeing capital market policies such as stocks, bonds, and funds. This is because it requires comprehensive understanding from derivatives to the foreign exchange market and demands a high level of expertise.

When there are many important issues as now, the personnel gaps caused by open recruitment pose a considerable burden. This is because the process of recruiting applicants, document screening, testing, interviews, and personnel verification inevitably takes a lot of time.

The Capital Market Bureau Chief position is currently vacant. This is because former Capital Market Bureau Chief Lee Yun-su was promoted to head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on the 30th of last month. The appointment of the Capital Market Bureau Chief is expected next week. Manager-level appointments are expected to be completed by July 31, with section chief-level appointments finalized by the second week of August.

The senior-most manager-level position in the FSC, the Financial Policy Division Chief, is also expected to be replaced. The senior-most manager within the Capital Market Bureau, the Capital Market Division Chief, is also likely to change. When key managers leave, a chain reaction of personnel movements is inevitable.

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