South Korea’s capital market needs consistent reforms, greater stability and broader sources of growth to attract and retain global investors, market experts said at The Korea Herald’s HIT Forum in Seoul. The Tuesday forum, held under the theme “What Will Make Global Capital Stay?”, featured Alexander Treves, managing director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management; Frank Benzimra, head of Asia equity strategy at Societe Generale; and Park Jeong-woo, Nomura’s senior economist for Korea. The discussion adds a broader investor-retention focus to ongoing efforts to address the Korea Discount through corporate-governance and shareholder-protection reforms. Separately, the Korea Exchange held a Seoul roundtable with 18 global institutional investors, including the Asian Corporate Governance Association, BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management, Fidelity, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, APG and Capital Group. The exchange outlined recently implemented reforms, gathered investor feedback and said it would support government policies, help listed companies enhance corporate value and continue dialogue with domestic and international investors.