- CEO
- Seung-Wook Jin
- Full Time Employees
- 1,432
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Address
- Daishin 343 Seoul SL South Korea 04538
- IPO Date
- Oct 1, 1975
- Business
- Daishin Securities Co., Ltd. (003540.KS) operates as a full-service financial investment company in South Korea and internationally, providing investment trading and brokerage, underwriting, asset management, trust services, and investment advisory. Founded in 1962 and headquartered at Daishin Finance Center, 343 Samil-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul, the company offers a comprehensive range of products including retirement pension solutions; real estate trusts, urban renewal projects, collateralized bond trusts, REITs, and REIT asset management; internet banking; bonds; fund management; ELS/DLS products; automatic investment services; KOSDAQ venture funds; ISA individual savings accounts; pension savings accounts; bancassurance; robo-advisors; affiliate card services; stock and futures options; securities brokerage for domestic and overseas stocks, ETFs, bonds, and derivatives; IPO underwriting; equity-linked warrants; cash management accounts; structured finance; private equity investments; and M&A advisory services targeting high-net-worth individuals, mass affluent customers, institutional investors, SMEs, and corporations across retail, wholesale, investment banking, and trading segments with operations in Korea, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, and other global markets. The firm maintains affiliates including Daishin Asset Management, Daishin Asset Trust, Daishin Private Equity, Daishin F&I, Daishin Savings Bank, and Daishin Property, supporting integrated services in wealth management, real estate financing, development, and global investment. In recent developments, Daishin Securities established a new M&A and acquisition finance team under its investment banking division in February 2025 following its designation as a comprehensive financial investment business, enabling expanded underwriting for corporate loans; acquired a 90% controlling stake in Kasa, a real estate securities trading platform, in March 2023 to enter security token transactions and fractional real estate investments; launched an upgraded retirement pension menu in its Multi-Trading System in April 2023; formed a group-level ESG Committee in March 2023 led by Chairperson Lee Auh-ryung; and through its private equity affiliate, agreed to acquire a 100% stake in U.S.-based CLO manager CION Ares Management while participating in the sale of Daishin Balance No.15 Special Purpose Acquisition Co., Ltd. to TC Materials Co., Ltd. for KRW 8.1 billion as of November 2025, alongside ongoing expansions in overseas derivatives trading, U.S. stock decimal trading, and new technology investments accumulating KRW 619.2 billion in AUM.