China’s recent stock market plunge, devaluation, and ongoing economic slowdown have had spillover effects on market performance and economic growth in Korea. Charles Kimball of the Korea Center for International Finance discussed the effect of these recent developments on Korea with Thomas Byrne, President of The Korea Society and a former Senior Vice President of Moody’s Investors Service’s Sovereign Risk Group.
China’s Market Meltdown and Growth Slowdown:
What it means for Korea
with
Charles Kimball
Managing Director, Korea Center for International Finance – New York
In Conversation with Thomas Byrne, President, The Korea Society
FREE Admission. Please register here to attend.
12:00 PM | Registration & Light Fare
12:30 PM | Discussion
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About the Speakers
Charles Kimball was previously Chief Investment Research Consultant for Bosera Asset Management in Shenzhen, China (2006-09). Before that he worked for J. P. Morgan Investment Management (1971-2000) in equity research; in economic, fixed income and public policy research; as Head of Research for Morgan Trust Bank in Tokyo (1987-1990); and as Head of International Investments for the JPMorgan Multi-Market Special Investment Funds (1990-2000). Mr. Kimball also serves on the Planning Committee and as Head of Evening Programs for the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions chapter in Katonah, New York. He received a BA with honors in economics from Harvard (’67) and an MBA from Stanford (’71).
Thomas J. Byrne joined The Korea Society as its President in August of 2015. He came to the Society from Moody's Investor Services, where he was regional manager, spokesperson, and director of analysis for the Sovereign Risk Group in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. Before moving to Moody's in 1996, he was the Senior Economist of the Asia Department at the Institute of International Finance in Washington DC. Mr. Byrne has an MA degree in International Relations with an emphasis on economics from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Before his graduate work, he served in South Korea for three years as a US Peace Corps volunteer.