Mirae Asset Tops Nomura, Emerging as Asia’s Leading Brokerage Stock

Mirae Asset Securities recorded a market capitalization of 44.4 trillion won at the May 11, 2026 close, about 9 trillion won higher than Nomura Holdings’ 35.6 trillion won. The milestone came 10 years after Chairman Park Hyeon-joo named Japan’s Nomura Securities as a role model during the 2016 acquisition of Daewoo Securities. At the end of last year, Mirae Asset’s value was 13 trillion won, only one-third of Nomura’s. Expectations for a SpaceX IPO and a booming Korean stock market lifted its share price 240% this year. Client assets exceeded 600 trillion won, and first-quarter operating profit is expected to top 1 trillion won for the first time in the industry. Source: hankyung.com