Korea Investment & Securities Co. said on the 29th that its retirement pension reserves topped 20 trillion won.
As of December this year, Korea Investment & Securities Co.'s retirement pension reserves stood at 20.09 trillion won, up 27% from 15.8148 trillion won at the end of last year.
In particular, reserves for defined contribution (DC) plans and individual retirement pensions (IRP), which participants manage directly, rose 37% and 59%, respectively, driving overall growth. Since the implementation of the retirement pension in-kind transfer system this year, about 1 trillion won flowed in through contract transfers.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL)'s released "Key status of retirement pension default options for the third quarter of 2025," Korea Investment & Securities Co.'s default option "High-risk BF1" posted a 1-year return of 32.83%. During the same period, "Neutral investment portfolio 2" recorded an annual return of 18.19%, ranking No. 1 in its category.
Korea Investment & Securities Co. said it has built a diverse lineup of investment products, including about 930 exchange-traded funds (ETF), and is enhancing investment convenience through the "ETF installment automatic investment service," which allows investors to automatically buy desired ETFs every month.
It also operates a total of four robo-advisor products in collaboration with Korea Investment Management, December & Company, Uprise Investment Advisors, and Qraft Asset Management, maintaining one of the industry's largest robo-advisor lineups.
Choi Jong-jin, head of the Pension Innovation Division at Korea Investment & Securities Co., said, "Surpassing 20 trillion won this time is an achievement built on customers' trust, and we will further strengthen our role as a reliable pension partner responsible for customers' retirement assets going forward."