[Digital Today reporter Oh Sang-yup] Mirae Asset Securities has declared 2026 the first year of “Mirae Asset 3.0” and is seeking a new leap by combining traditional finance with digital assets.

Co-CEOs Kim Mi-seop and Hur Sun-ho said in a New Year message on Thursday that the company improved profitability across all business divisions while practising its “Client First” principle despite a difficult business environment last year. They said it will lead the digital asset market and secure sustainable growth drivers this year based on the Mirae Asset 3.0 vision.

The two CEOs assessed the company’s 2025 performance, saying they expect it to come close to or surpass 2021, when it posted its best-ever results. They also stressed that client assets increased by more than 130 trillion won from the end of the previous year, strengthening the stability and qualitative foundation of the companywide earnings structure.

They also presented specific execution strategies for “Mirae Asset 3.0,” the core vision for 2026. Mirae Asset 3.0 is a group-level mid- to long-term vision to move beyond traditional finance to a new financial order that includes digital assets.

To achieve this, they announced four strategic directions: taking the lead in combining traditional and digital assets; expanding investment in innovative growth companies; upgrading the earnings structure; and strengthening customer-centred management.

First, it will build digital asset business infrastructure in line with changes in the global financial paradigm. It plans to expand its financial ecosystem by linking a global mobile trading system being pursued at overseas subsidiaries with a digital asset trading platform.

It also decided to provide sophisticated investment solutions spanning traditional assets and digital assets by using artificial intelligence technology.

It will also strengthen its position as a global investment specialist company. The two CEOs said they will actively identify companies with strong technology, focusing on key innovation fields such as AI, semiconductors and robotics that determine national competitiveness. They said it will use its global network to broaden investment opportunities to countries with strong growth potential and upgrade its risk management system.

It will also focus on strengthening its earnings structure. In wealth management and pensions, it will bolster AI-based asset management capabilities, while the trading and investment banking divisions will refine management and screening systems to improve profit-and-loss stability.

Internal control systems to protect financial consumers will also be strengthened significantly. It plans to introduce a prevention-focused protection framework across the entire process from product design to sales and after-sales management, and to safeguard customer information through an AI-based abnormal-sign detection system.

The two CEOs said the Byeongo year, the Year of the Red Horse, carries the meaning of not fearing change and challenge and moving toward new possibilities. They urged all employees to create new opportunities amid change based on passion and a sense of responsibility.