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Turning Financial Data into Research - Special Lecture on Exploring Bloomberg Data for Academic Rese

"Turning Financial Data into Research" Special Lecture on Exploring Bloomberg Data for Academic Research The Bloomberg Terminal contains one of the world's most comprehensive collections of financial market data. However, transforming that information into meaningful research variables requires multiple steps, from exploring available data and verifying variable definitions to extracting data and constructing research datasets. To help students navigate this process, Korea University Business School (KUBS) held a special lecture titled "Financial Data Exploration and Research Applications Using Bloomberg" on Friday, May 15, at the LG-POSCO Building. The session was led by Dr. Ha-yeon Park of the Korea University Business Administration Education and Research Group for BK21 FOUR and was attended by KUBS graduate students. The Bloomberg Terminal is a widely used financial data platform that provides access to real-time market information, company data, and financial analytics. During the lecture, students learned how to search for and extract financial data using both the Bloomberg Terminal and its Excel Add-in, while also exploring how Bloomberg data can be effectively applied to academic research. Dr. Park introduced the basic structure of the Bloomberg Terminal and demonstrated practical methods for exploring financial data. She guided students through the process of identifying research variables and verifying their definitions, emphasizing that carefully confirming variable names, definitions, and available options before downloading data is essential for ensuring research accuracy. She then explained how to extract data using the Excel Add-in and organize Bloomberg data into structured datasets suitable for empirical research. In the latter part of the lecture, Dr. Park demonstrated how Bloomberg data can support academic research by drawing on several case studies, including examples from her own work. She explained how ETF-related data can be identified, extracted, and organized according to different research objectives. She also advised students not to rely exclusively on Bloomberg, noting, "Rather than using Bloomberg as a single data source, I recommend using it for the types of data in which it has particular strengths." She emphasized the importance of cross-checking Bloomberg data with other databases whenever appropriate. The lecture provided students with a practical overview of how financial data can be translated into research—from developing research questions and selecting appropriate variables to constructing reliable datasets. By following the entire workflow, participants gained a clearer understanding of how Bloomberg data can be explored, evaluated, and incorporated into academic research. The lecture also reflects Korea University Business School's recent expansion of its Bloomberg Terminal infrastructure. As part of a financial data hub established through a KRW 1 billion donation from Eugene Investment & Securities, KUBS increased the number of Bloomberg Terminals from one to twelve—the largest Bloomberg Terminal installation among universities in Korea. Nine terminals have been installed in the Sudang CLC Lounge, while the remaining three are available through remote-access accounts. The Bloomberg Terminal is one of the most widely used financial data platforms in investment banking, asset management, equity research, and other finance-related fields. Hands-on experience with the platform provides students with valuable practical skills that can help them transition into careers in the financial industry. Students who complete the Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) certification may also find it beneficial when preparing for the CFA examination or applying for internships in finance. With the expanded infrastructure significantly improving access throughout the semester, more students now have the opportunity to work directly with real-time market data in their coursework, research projects, and academic studies. KUBS Student Press Reporting by Chaewoo Lee Photography by Jinyoung Park

2026.07.22 Views 306

Korea University ranked 1st of Domestic Universities in the Business Administration Field of Shangha

Korea University ranked 1st among domestic universities by ranking 101-150th in the Business Administration field of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (hereinbelow ARWU), published by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Following Korea University was Yonsei University, which ranked in between 151-200th. KAIST, Seoul National University, and Sungkyunkwan University ranked in between 201-300th . World No.1 rank is Pennsylvania University from the United Sates, and Harvard University, Pennsylvania State University (University Park), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tilburg University from Netherlands each came in the 2nd -5th rank. See overall rankings of Business Administration Field ARWU publishes the rankings of 500 universities out of 1,200 universities across the world, and is known for providing the most objective research achievement evaluations as the evaluation criteria consist of 100% quantitative indicators. It started as to compare Chinese universities in 2003, and its scope was gradually increased to the world university ranking. The ranking of each field in ARWU is determined by 5 criteria △Number of thesis for the past 5 years (150) △Number of thesis published in Top Journals for the past 5 years (100) △Achievements of the department by world university standards(50) △Cooperation with other countries(10) △Awards and etc.. Korea University possessed the 1st among domestic universities by also ranking in between 100-150th in the Management field. Seoul National University followed this by ranking in 151-200th, along with KAIST, Sungkyunkwan University, and Yonsei University which all ranked in the 201-300th. See overall rankings of Management Field

2020.05.07 Views 5477

Alumna Jeon Yoon-ja (Commercial Science, 51st) , generously donated 2 hundred million … the endless

Alumna Jeon Yoon-ja (Commercial Science, 51st), generously donates 2 hundred million … the endless elder’s love of KUBS ‘Big Sis’ (Photo credit = KU Communication Team) The first female student of KUBS, alumna Jeon Yoon-ja (Commercial Science, 51st) donated a scholarship of 2 hundred million won for the development of KUBS (Dean = Kim Jaewook) in August 2019. This donation is the ‘KUBS Jeon Yoon-ja Scholarship’ and will be used to help the academic pursuit of KUBS students. Korea University held the donation ceremony on the 8th, 10 a.m. at the main building. This ceremony was also held together with the donation ceremony of alumna Jeong Shinsoon (Medical Science, 53rd)’s donation of one hundred million won as the ‘Medical Development Fund’. President Chung Jin Taek, Lee Kihyung (Associate Dean of College of Medicine), Kim Jaewook (Dean of KUBS), Song Hyuk-ki (Head of Development & External Affairs Office), Kim Joong Hyuk (Associate Dean of KUBS), Han Changsoo (Head of Medical Center Fund Business Headquarters), etc. also participated in the ceremony and expressed their gratitude for the warm heart of the two alumni. This is not the first time of her special support for the juniors. Alumna Jeon Yoon-ja has been donating more than 1.2 billion won to KUBS as ‘Construction Fund for the New Business Hall’, KUBS ‘Jeon Yoon-ja Scholarship’, and etc. for dozens of years. Watching such donations, alumna Jeong Shinsoon also started to participate in the small fixed-term donation ‘KU PRIDE CLUB’ for juniors and ultimately was able to participate in such a big donation of development funds by retracing her senior alumni. Alumna Jeon Yoon-ja feels extremely grateful about numerous female juniors who study business administration and perform actively in many parts of society as a female leader, unlike in the past. She said “I feel very proud to see my school develop where it has helped me achieve a lot of things.”, and spoke “I hope our fellow KUBS juniors love the school even more and become talents who can brighten both Korea University and the society by learning as much as possible and growing into themselves”. (Photo credit = KU Communication Team) President Chung Jin Taek said “The great heart of seniors who love the school as ever and support juniors’ dreams has been a great example to a lot of juniors”, and added his appreciation “We sincerely appreciate your precious mind and will make sure to deliver your devotion to the juniors”. Meanwhile, alumni Jeon Yoon-ja became the first female student of KUBS by entering the Commercial Science Department (51st) when it was unfamiliar for female students to enter college during the 1950s. She has been working in the financial industry over 50years, by starting off her career at the Bank of Korea after graduating in 1955. She also took role as the chief director of (former) Female Credit Association and adviser of KU Busan Alumni Association, together with alumna Jeong Shinsoon. The two alumni is giving full material and emotional support for juniors so that they can demonstrate their capabilities without constraints, since they have overcome so many difficulties as a female member of society earlier on.

2020.04.20 Views 4986

Lee Jong-wook (E-MBA ’16) Donates for `KUBS Dream Scholarship` to KUBS

Lee Jong-wook (KUBS 16th batch of Executive MBA) donated 10 million won to Korea University Business School. Lee Jong-wook visited KUBS at 3 p.m. on Aug. 23 (Friday) to sign the donation agreement. Lee's donation will be used as the ‘KUBS Dream Scholarship’ from the second semester of 2019. ‘KUBS Dream Scholarship’ is a cost-of-living scholarship that helps students concentrate on their studies by supporting a certain amount of money every month for financially troubled students. Lee Jong-wook said, "I'm happy to join the meaningful work for my alma mater while I'm studying here. I hope it will help the juniors become global talents." Jae Wook Kim, Dean of KUBS, thanked Lee, saying, "We will use the donation wisely so that his good intentions can be realized." Meanwhile, SUYU International, whose CEO is Lee Jong-wook, was established as the parent company of SUYU Electronics and operates an electronic business division and a restaurant business division.

2020.04.20 Views 4306

Interview with KUBS 53rd Student Council “LiNK”

Who’s in the photo: From the left side of the second row (clock-wise), President Jiwoo Lee (Business 16), Vice President Doo-young Kim (Business 17), Senior Executive Minkyoung Kim (Business 19) LiNk: “Log-in to KUBS” • Please introduce the KUBS 53rd Student Council, LiNK. Nice to meet you, my name is Doo-young Kim (KUBS 17), vice president of LiNK. I feel honored to have this great interview to introduce our new student council group. The organization of LiNK is comprised of 11 executives, including president, vice president and the senior delegates in each department. Our slogan “Log-in to KUBS” represents our goals to construct a platform that helps the students to advocate their demands and to actively communicate with the campus community, regardless of who is trying to reach us and where the needs are. We are striving to renovate the image of KUBS Student Council by expressing how our projects and policies correspond to the students’ daily lives in KUBS. Therefore, if you have any difficulties in your campus life, please visit us; we are always opened to get connected with you. • What are the values and objectives that LiNK has been mainly pursuing? Hello, I’m Jiwoo Lee, president of LiNK. The core value of LiNK is “communication”. We presume that the image of KUBS Student Council might had been degraded because of the closed-culture displayed in previous councils, where most of the students thought the student council has nothing to do with them, while they reckoned the community is only for the members in the council, designed and operated by the community itself. In this sense, LiNK will put the live communication functions at the priority by opening ourselves to the students and listen careful to what their voice. The second value of LiNK will be the “volunteering”. In every meeting we had, we have reinforced the position of ourselves as the “service providers” who organize the best quality services to the students. Our faiths in those two values, communication and a volunteer mentality, would be the essential components of our identity. • Could you describe some ongoing activities of LiNK and upcoming projects? We initiated plenty of projects to have students feel what has changed and how it benefits to their daily experiences. For instance, we added various kinds of facilities such as calculators, laptop chargers in our publicly shared items. Next, we inspected classroom equipment for Hyundai Motor Hall; furnished the staplers in printing devices in KUBS buildings. At the time we all get back to campus and begin the general semester, LiNK will take immediate procedures to start off the projects to discover the priority needs of the students. • What kind of insights as a sophomore would you share to the KUBS freshmen? I’m very glad to answer this question. I’m Minkyoung Kim, a senior executive of LiNK. What I learned during the first year at KUBS is the importance of having diverse experiences, and challenging as much as I can. When I was in high school, I couldn’t bring myself to most of the challenges which are on the different tracks from the exam studies, even though I really wanted to. Therefore, from the beginning of my campus life, I tried a lot of things to realize my initiatives, and now I’m at this position since the best turned out to be the experience in the KUBS Student Council. Just like I grew up throughout the experience in student council, someone else would develop themselves in project groups, extracurricular activities, friendships in and out of the campus, or even the professional studies. So again, you all should go through whatever you want and any experiences that attract you, in order to discover your identities, goals, and future visions from that journey. I promise that the LiNK and I will do our best to support your successful campus life! Thank you very much.

2020.04.13 Views 4735

Korea University E-MBA, 27th in FT Ranking, and the No. 1 in Korea for the ninth consecutive year

Korea University E-MBA, 27th in FT Ranking, and the No. 1 in Korea for the ninth consecutive year The Financial Times of the U.K. announces the world's top 100 E-MBA rankings for 2019... △Columbia University (36th), △Cornell University (46th). Korea University Business School (hereinbelow KUBS, Dean=Jae Wook Kim) Executive MBA Program (E-MBA) ranked 27th in the world in the list of the top 100 E-MBA rankings in the world, selected by the Financial Times of the U.K. According to an announcement by the FT on November 18, 2019, the KUBS E-MBA ranked No. 27 in the world this year after ranking No. 38 last year, ranking no. 1 for ninth consecutive year in Korea. In the latest three-year average, KUBS E-MBA ranked 28th (20th in 2017, 38th in 2018 and 27th in 2019) on average, proving that its work-oriented curriculum that strengthens expertise in each industry is at its highest level. This is higher than the world's prestigious business school such as △Columbia Business School, 36th, △UCLA: Anderson, 42nd, and △Cornell University: Johnson, 46th. This year, △HEC Paris, 1st and △E-MBA program jointly run by Kellogg/HKUST Business School, 2nd were listed in the top two. Yonsei University ranked 34th among Korean universities after Korea University. The FT rankings which is based on evaluation criteria such as annual salary increases and promotions, the ratio of professors' doctoral degrees and the index of internationalization, announce the rankings up to the top 100 universities in the world. In this year's evaluation, Korea University E-MBA received high marks in criteria such as "Salary increased," "Aims achievement," and "Faculty with Doctorates". The reason why Korea University E-MBA rank is so special is because it has recorded the top rank only with its own program. While E-MBA courses at top ranked universities in Asia are often run by joint degree programs, Korea University E-MBA proves its competitive edge only by its own program. →Relevant articles [Veritas Alpha] EMBA Korea University 'Korea No. 1' in FT World Ranking .. 11 steps up to '27th'

2020.03.11 Views 7798

Five-day Graduate School Boot Camp held

The Boot Camp at Korea University Business School was held at Hyundai Motor Hall RM303 from Feb. 10 to Feb. 14 (Fri). The Boot Camp was held for five days, three hours a day, with special courses on programming in the morning and courses on math and statistics in the afternoon. Those who did not bring their own laptop attended the course at RM401 computer room of Hyundai Motor Hall, and online video lectures were also conducted at the same time for the convenience of students. The special lecture on programming held in the morning focused on understanding programming techniques for engineering use, such as python, R programming and big data analysis, and learning how to use them in practice. Instructor Park Joon-gyu, who was in charge of this programming special lecture, first explained the data structure and repetition which are the basis of python programming. "The data structure basically provides four things at Python," said Park. "List and Dictionary are important among them. There are for-sentence and while-sentence, and for-sentence is highly utilized," he said. "When you first encounter Python, you should learn the list and the for-sentence." The five-day special course on programming was given on Python overview and programming techniques on the first day, Web crawling and data analysis on the second and third day, and data analysis practices and R basics on the fourth and fifth day,. Special lectures on mathematics and statistics were given in the afternoon. The specific course aimed to intuitively understand the mathematical-statistical basis and introduce a simple analytical model that can be applied to the BA curriculum and Capstone projects. Special lectures on mathematics and statistics were conducted by lecturer Lee Woong-ki. Lee began the lecture by outlining the course contents for five days. "What we will learn in the first day is about the level of a freshman in the undergraduate school, so I'm going to go through it step by step by step," he said. "But from day 2, the difficulty gradually rises, so I'll go with an intuitive explanation rather than a specific description." He went on, “The math and statistics special lecture will cover the mathematical basis of polynomial calculus, Taylor series, and marginal utility, as well as vectors, matrices and statistics on the first day. On the second and third day, we will learn about the partial differential, partial integral, retrograde sequence, matrix differential and large number of laws, and on the last four to five days, we will learn about the regression model, causal analysis model, and stock price analysis model.”

2020.02.28 Views 4621