Smiling securities company thanks to SK Bioscience…NH account increased 230,000 in March alone

Enter 2021.03.10 12:00 | Revision 2021.03.10 14:16

While SK Bioscience’s subscription to public offerings was successful, the number of newly opened accounts of listed host companies and underwriting groups also increased significantly.

In the case of NH Investment & Securities, the representative organizer, a total of 836274 new accounts were opened until the 8th of this month (the day before the public offering of SK Bioscience). In particular, it was found that 233,580 new accounts were opened in March alone.

These statistics are an explosive increase compared to last year. During the same period last year, there were only 237706 new accounts of NH Investment & Securities. It is similar to the number of accounts opened for 8 days in March this year.

The co-host Mirae Asset Daewoo’s new accounts also increased significantly. This year, the total number of accounts opened until the 8th of this month was 44,9251, more than eight times that of the same period last year (66,764).

Mirae Asset Daewoo explained that there were many accounts registered under the names of infants and teenagers, especially. In the two months from January to February this year, a total of 8263 new accounts were opened under the name of 10 or fewer. There were 12,487 accounts opened in the names of teenagers.

The situation of Hana Financial Investment, one of the acquisitions, is similar. A total of 170,611 accounts were opened by March 8 this year, more than 12 times the same period last year (14,155).

Securities industry officials agree that the surge in new accounts is related to the success of SK Bioscience’s public offering stocks. With the introduction of the equal distribution method for the first time, there is an opinion that it was expected to some extent that a large number of subscribers would be crowded as new shares could be received with a small amount of money.

The equal distribution method is a system that prevents individual investors who subscribe in small amounts from receiving disadvantages. It was introduced by the Financial Services Commission last year. Industry officials predict that due to this system, even if you apply for a public offering with only about 320,000 won, you will be able to receive more than one week.