South Korea Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-weon met German Bundestag Finance Committee Chair Christian Görke and seven lawmakers to discuss financial policy and stronger bilateral cooperation. Lee outlined South Korea’s efforts to channel funding into emerging growth sectors through productive finance and the National Growth Fund, alongside reforms intended to develop the capital market as a platform for innovation and growth. Lee also described enhanced risk reviews and market stabilization arrangements aimed at preventing volatility linked to rising global interest rates and other external conditions from spreading across the financial system, continuing the commission’s focus on intensive monitoring and contingency readiness. The two sides agreed on the need to balance economic growth with financial stability and supported closer cooperation in capital markets and digital finance, as well as greater mutual market entry by financial institutions.
2026-09-15South Korea Financial Services Commission
South Korea Financial Services Commission outlines growth finance and market stability priorities in talks with German lawmakers
South Korea Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-weon discussed growth finance, market stability and bilateral cooperation with German Bundestag Finance Committee Chair Christian Görke and other lawmakers. Lee highlighted funding for emerging growth sectors, capital market reforms and stronger risk monitoring, while both sides supported closer cooperation in capital markets, digital finance and financial firms’ mutual market entry.