Samsung Securities said on Monday that balances in its brokerage individual savings accounts (ISA) exceeded 8 trillion won as of Jan. 15.
As of Jan. 21, Samsung Securities’ brokerage ISA balances and client numbers are up 136 percent and 24 percent, respectively, from end-2024. The number of brokerage ISA clients has exceeded 1.44 million, maintaining the industry’s largest scale.
In the brokerage ISA accounts, the combined share of domestic stocks and domestic ETFs rose to 49.4 percent as of January 2026 from 46.6 percent at end-2024. This is seen as reflecting investors’ active participation in the market amid a recent boom in South Korea’s stock market.
A Samsung Securities official said, "The number of smart investors trying to capture both tax savings and returns is rapidly increasing during a rising market," and added, "We will continue to provide optimal services so that brokerage ISAs can establish themselves as a core solution for building national wealth."
Sang-yeop Oh
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