Asset managers' 2025 net spikes 67 pct on commission income gains

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Asset managers' 2025 net spikes 67 pct on commission income gains

SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- Asset management firms in South Korea saw their combined profit surge 67 percent in 2025 from a year earlier on a rise in commission income, data showed Monday.

The combined net income of asset management firms here came to 3.01 trillion won (US$1.99 billion) last year, up from a net profit of 1.81 trillion won a year earlier, according to the preliminary data from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).

The increase was largely attributed to a rise in commission income.

The companies' combined operating income came in at 3.02 trillion won last year, up 1.35 trillion won, or 81 percent, from a year earlier.

Their commission income surged 25 percent on-year to 5.498 trillion won last year.

Their return-on-equity, a major gauge of profitability, stood at 17.4 percent at the end of December, up 5.8 percentage points from a year ago.

Total assets under management stood at 1,937.3 trillion won as of end-December, up from 1,656.4 trillion won a year earlier, according to the data.

There were 507 asset management firms here as of end-December, the FSS said.

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