iM Securities Holds Management Strategy Meeting to Establish Foundation for Sustainable Growth

iM Securities announced on the 13th that it held its 2025 management strategy meeting to establish a foundation for sustainable growth on the 9th at the 13th-floor conference room of iM Securities headquarters.

This strategy meeting was organized to share the 2025 management plan across the company and to reaffirm the commitment to sustainable growth recovery and leap forward, with a total of 20 attendees including President Seong Mu-yong and executives and heads from all business divisions.

iM Securities plans to enhance capital efficiency through the promotion of leap-forward management pursuing sustainability, and to implement this by advancing key detailed tasks such as normalizing the real estate project financing (PF) sector, turning the retail sector profitable, improving trading operation methods, and expanding loan brokerage and mediation businesses.

In particular, the real estate PF sector aimed to review the normalization process from last year and establish a plan for stable profit generation.

Last year, iM Securities focused on strengthening management of existing projects through PF restructuring, concentrated management of projects with normalization potential, and post-management of written-off assets. By the third quarter, it had set aside a large provision of approximately 240 billion KRW and secured financial stability by lowering the contingent liability ratio against equity capital to 54%, a 27% decrease compared to the same period last year, laying the foundation for a new start.

With continuous business structure reform through expanding low-risk brokerage sales, the company plans to increase stable profits. To strengthen sales capabilities, it established the Real Estate Finance Headquarters and Real Estate Finance Departments 1 and 2 to expand the sales organization. The PF Solutions Office of the PF Finance Group was renamed the PF Finance Office, and a PF Finance Center was additionally placed under it.

Changes to turn the retail sector profitable are also accelerating. Following last year’s transition to 11 mega-center models through the integration of nationwide branches to enhance retail sales competitiveness, the company plans to diversify sales methods by introducing joint sales teams. By moving away from the traditional individual-centered sales approach to team-based joint sales, it aims to improve profitability through enhanced team capabilities. Sharing individual strengths among employees will provide customers with better comprehensive asset management services and ultimately transform into a comprehensive asset management PB house.

Additionally, strategic goals and detailed execution plans for each business division were shared company-wide to foster synergy among sales organizations and promote collaboration among back-office teams.

The 2024 iM Securities Awards Ceremony was also held, with plaques awarded to individuals and departments demonstrating outstanding performance in key areas such as Bond I Headquarters and Market Making Department.

President Seong Mu-yong of iM Securities emphasized in his closing remarks, “We must secure profit stability through innovation in each business division that breaks away from the existing sales structure and methods,” and urged, “Let us strive for recovery and leap forward through qualitative growth in all business divisions, complete the foundation for sustainable growth, and make 2025 a turnaround year.”