KIC is the Sovereign Wealth Fund which is launched with a view to enhance sovereign wealth and contribute to the development of the domestic financial industry. KIC is mandated to manage assets entrusted by the Government and the Bank of Korea. KIC strives to preserve long-term purchasing power of the assets entrusted and exceed investment target return within justifiable level of the risk through investing well-diversified, foreign currency denominated assets transacted in the international capital markets. The foremost mission of KIC is to increase the long-term purchasing power of sovereign wealth by efficiently managing the country’s public funds. As more assets are entrusted to its care, KIC aims to grow into Korea’s premier investment management company specializing in overseas investing.