Finance
Shinhan Investment Securities says minor accounts up 272 percent as ETF long-term investing spreads
Shinhan Investment Securities said on Tuesday that investing by minors often begins with mobile-based, non-face-to-face account openings and develops into long-term, diversified investing centred on exchange-traded funds. It said the number of minor accounts opened in the first quarter of 2026 rose 272 percent from a year earlier, with 58.4 percent opened non-face-to-face. Average balances were about 10 million won per account, and trading favoured large-cap stocks and index-tracking ETFs.
