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 the defined contribution (DC) plan and individual retirement pension (IRP), which participants manage directly, rose 37% and 59%, respectively, driving overall growth. Since the implementation of the in-kind retirement pension transfer system this year, about 1 trillion won flowed in through contract transfer.
According to the "Key status of retirement pension default options in the third quarter of 2025" released by the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), 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 roughly 930 exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and is enhancing investment convenience through its "ETF installment automatic investment service," which automatically buys 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 QUANTROCK 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, "Topping 20 trillion won this time is an achievement built on customers' trust, and we will continue to strengthen our role as a reliable pension partner responsible for customers' retirement assets."