Samsung Securities said on the 28th that it ranked second in retirement pension securities provider reserves based on the third-quarter disclosures by the Financial Supervisory Service.
Samsung Securities' retirement pension reserves rose 22.6% from 1.54 trillion won at the end of 2024 to 1.89 trillion won as of September this year. The company said this was the No. 1 growth rate among all providers with reserves of 1 trillion won or more.
Individual retirement pensions (DC+IRP) increased 31% from 1.13 trillion won at the end of 2024 to 1.48 trillion won as of September this year, and among them, exchange-traded funds (ETF) increased 71% from 340 billion won to 580 billion won. During the same period, ETF balances for people in their 40s rose 72%, and ETF balances for people in their 50s rose 78%.
In addition, Samsung Securities' retirement pension returns as of the third quarter were also among the leaders among providers. As of the third quarter of 2025, comparing returns for the top 10 companies by reserves across the full-service sector (based on the Financial Supervisory Service integrated pension portal), Samsung Securities' DB-type, DC-type, and IRP all ranked in the upper tier for returns.
Samsung Securities cited subscriber-centered pension services as the driving force behind the growth in pension balances. In 2021, the company launched "Direct IRP," the first in Korea to waive both management and asset management fees for retirement pensions. It also unveiled the "3-minute pension" service, which greatly improves convenience by allowing pension subscribers to enroll without preparing and sending application documents.
Through the Samsung Securities mobile app mPOP, the company also offers the "Pension S-Talk," "robo discretionary," and "ETF saving" services to support pension investing.
In addition, Samsung Securities established a dedicated pension center for the first time in the industry and is operating three centers in Seoul, Suwon, and Daegu. The Samsung Securities pension center not only provides consultations for pension subscribers but also supports briefings for corporations introducing retirement pensions, and held more than about 200 seminars over the past year.
Executive Director Lee Seong-ju, head of the Samsung Securities pension division, said, "For retirement pensions, it is important to manage them systematically with a long-term perspective," adding, "Samsung Securities will do its best to be a reliable pension partner for customers by providing excellent pension management services."
Meanwhile, Samsung Securities is running the "Tax credit up! Benefits up! Hurry up! IRP event" through Dec. 31 to raise interest in IRPs and provide practical benefits to pension customers.
Eligibility to open an IRP account includes workers and business owners with income, and this event provides various prizes to IRP customers who meet the event conditions during the event period.