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South Korea's individual professional investors surge to 26,282 as forced selling hits record high

South Korea's individual professional investors rose 16.8% to 26,282; forced selling hits record high.

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As of 2026-07-31, the number of individual professional investors in South Korea reached 26,282, up 3,787 (16.8%) from 22,495 at the end of 2025, according to data from the Korea Financial Investment Association submitted to lawmaker Park Seong-hoon. [1] Forced selling (반대매매) related to credit transaction loans and securities collateral loans in South Korea averaged 2,258 accounts and 43.868 billion won per day in July 2026, up from 622 accounts and 3.377 billion won in July 2025 - 3.6 times the accounts and 13 times the amount. [2] On 2026-09-03, Korea Developers Association and KB Securities signed a business agreement to jointly establish a real estate development equity fund in South Korea, aiming to revitalize development financing and expand new housing supply. [3] Long-term government bond yields in the US and Japan have surged to multi-decade highs due to fiscal deficits, increased demand for AI infrastructure investment, and geopolitical tensions. [4] Park Seong-hoon, a lawmaker of the People Power Party's National Assembly Political Affairs Committee, said the surge of nearly 3,800 individual professional investors in seven months is a signal that financial authorities must not take lightly, and warned against the 'professional investor' label being abused to undermine investor protection or circumvent regulations on high-risk product sales. [5] Kim Han-mo, president of Korea Developers Association, said on 2026-09-03 that the fund serves the public purpose of expanding national housing supply while providing new opportunities for member companies and young people aspiring to become developers, and that its success will enable continuous pump-priming funds and establish the foundation for the industry's long-desired mutual aid association (gongjehoe). [6] The new fund will target small- and mid-sized South Korean developers facing early-stage financing difficulties caused by recent project-finance (PF) system reforms and a contraction in bridge loans, and will help strengthen equity in prime Seoul metropolitan area projects and reduce dependence on high-interest borrowings, in line with the government's August 13 housing supply policy. [7]
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  1. As of 2026-07-31, the number of individual professional investors in South Korea reached 26,282, up 3,787 (16.8%) from 22,495 at the end of 2025, according to data from the Korea Financial Investment Association submitted to lawmaker Park Seong-hoon. · 동아일보
  2. Forced selling (반대매매) related to credit transaction loans and securities collateral loans in South Korea averaged 2,258 accounts and 43.868 billion won per day in July 2026, up from 622 accounts and 3.377 billion won in July 2025 - 3.6 times the accounts and 13 times the amount. · 동아일보
  3. On 2026-09-03, Korea Developers Association and KB Securities signed a business agreement to jointly establish a real estate development equity fund in South Korea, aiming to revitalize development financing and expand new housing supply. · 매일경제South Korea
  4. Long-term government bond yields in the US and Japan have surged to multi-decade highs due to fiscal deficits, increased demand for AI infrastructure investment, and geopolitical tensions. · 매일경제South Korea
  5. Park Seong-hoon, a lawmaker of the People Power Party's National Assembly Political Affairs Committee, said the surge of nearly 3,800 individual professional investors in seven months is a signal that financial authorities must not take lightly, and warned against the 'professional investor' label being abused to undermine investor protection or circumvent regulations on high-risk product sales. · 동아일보
  6. Kim Han-mo, president of Korea Developers Association, said on 2026-09-03 that the fund serves the public purpose of expanding national housing supply while providing new opportunities for member companies and young people aspiring to become developers, and that its success will enable continuous pump-priming funds and establish the foundation for the industry's long-desired mutual aid association (gongjehoe). · 매일경제South Korea
  7. The new fund will target small- and mid-sized South Korean developers facing early-stage financing difficulties caused by recent project-finance (PF) system reforms and a contraction in bridge loans, and will help strengthen equity in prime Seoul metropolitan area projects and reduce dependence on high-interest borrowings, in line with the government's August 13 housing supply policy. · 매일경제South Korea
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