Hana chief eyes 'productive finance' beyond advanced industries

Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo said "productive finance" should extend beyond support for advanced industries to include traditional manufacturing and smaller businesses, arguing that industrial and financial policies must work more closely together as technological change reshapes the economy.

Ham made the remarks at a joint seminar on productive finance — investments that focus on infrastructure and productive industries rather than speculative returns — hosted by the Hana Institu ...