The Korean asset management industry’s assets grew 17% year-on-year to a record 1,937 trillion won (US$1.3 trillion) in 2025 as incomes jumped, buoyed by revenues from securities investment, fees and commissions.
Asset managers earned 3.01 trillion won of net income last year, 67% more than in 2024, with 343 of the 507 registered firms reporting net profits, the Financial Supervisory Service says in a statement on March 31.
Their revenue from securities investment surged 228.2% to 851.9 billion won, while fee and commission revenues increased 24.7% to 5.49 trillion won.
They held 1,283 trillion won of mutual fund assets and 654.1 trillion won of discretionary account assets as of end-2025. That was up 23.1% and 6.5%, respectively, from 2024.
