Mirae Asset Daewoo announced on Dec. 16 that it has surpassed 15 trillion won ($13.8 billion) in overseas stock assets for the first time in the securities industry.
The figure has increased 15 times in three years since January 2017 when it surpassed 1 trillion won, up 7.8 trillion won this year alone.
Mirae Asset Daewoo's overseas stock assets have increased sharply since it surpassed 1 trillion won in 2017, reaching 2.9 trillion won at the end of 2017, 4.4 trillion won at the end of 2018, and 7.2 trillion won at the end of last year.
Over the past four years, profits of customers investing in overseas stocks surpassed 3.4 trillion won. This is the profit that customers have earned through overseas investment since 2017, when Mirae Asset Daewoo was merged.
This year alone, 2.6 trillion won in investment profits in overseas stocks has been generated. Compared to its one-year profit of 200 billion won in 2017, it has increased 13 times.
The number of overseas stock trading customers is also steadily increasing. In 2016, about 18,000 customers invested in overseas stocks, and now more than 220,000 customers are investing overseas through Mirae Asset Daewoo, a 10-fold increase.
An official of Mirae Asset Daewoo said, "The return on investment by customers who analyzed risks and growth potential was relatively higher than that by those who invested in unverified overseas stocks. These results are interpreted as a result of avoiding frequent sales and inducing long-term investment through Mirae Asset Daewoo's global network."
