Mirae Asset poised to reclaim brokerage crown from Korea Investment & Securities

In the first half of this year, Mirae Asset Securities has surged ahead of its rival, Korea Investment & Securities, in the brokerage industry's earnings race. According to industry officials, Mirae Asset's net profit surpassed Korea Investment's by over 1 trillion won, or $706.5 million.

If this trend continues until the end of the year, Mirae Asset will once again claim the top spot in annual net profit for the brokerage sector, a position it held for the first time in four years. In the first half of the year, Mirae Asset reported a consolidated net profit of 2.91 trillion won, a staggering 338 percent increase from the previous year. Meanwhile, Korea Investment & Securities recorded a profit of 1.73 trillion won, representing a 68.9 percent increase year-over-year.

In 2025, Korea Investment & Securities had a net profit of 2.01 trillion won in the full year, which was 420 billion won more than Mirae Asset's 1.59 trillion won. However, this scenario has dramatically shifted in the first half of this year. Mirae Asset's first-half net profit alone outpaced its annual net profit from last year, and even surpassed the combined net profits of four other major players in the industry.