[5] In 2018, the company set up a team specializing in analysing investments related to North Korea, the first in the industry to do so according to a statement issued.

These include Rothschild & Co (2008),[1][8] Neuberger Berman (2014),[9] KGI Securities (2016)[1][10] and Societe Generale (2018).

[13][14] The intent was to give each of those employees 1,000 South Korean won, worth about US$1, but instead issued 2.8 billion shares.

[13][14] The error caused the price of the company's stock to drop by 11 percent within a day and to fluctuate after that.

[13][14] By 7 May 2018, the company stated that it would file criminal lawsuits against employees who sold their shares during the fat finger incident.