Korea Investment & Securities Rolls Out Major MTS Update, Adds Integrated Pension Asset View

Introduces an integrated view of pension savings and IRP assets, among other features

Enhances investing convenience with a redesigned watchlist screen, dividend reinvestment, and more

Korea Investment & Securities said on November 2 that it had updated its mobile trading system (MTS) app, “Korea Investment,” to make investing more convenient for customers.

The update focuses on streamlining the process from searching for investment information to making trades, based on data on how customers use the service. It enhances tailored features, including an integrated pension asset overview, a redesigned watchlist screen, dividend reinvestment, and stock trends among children’s accounts.

First, the company made it easier to check pension assets. Pension assets previously spread across different accounts, such as pension savings accounts and individual retirement pension (IRP) accounts, can now be viewed together by account type in the “My” tab on the home screen. Customers can therefore check the status of their pension assets at a glance without navigating to a separate menu.

The watchlist screen, which customers use frequently, has also been completely redesigned. Customers can choose between “Simple View” and “Detailed View” based on their investing experience and information needs.

The company also improved its price-checking and stock management features. Customers can now view current and estimated prices in sequence, and more easily distinguish stocks available for premarket and after-hours trading. Moving between watchlist groups has been streamlined with an icon at the top of the screen. For overseas stocks, company logos and ticker symbols are now displayed next to stock names to make them easier to identify. Customers can also select a watchlist group or create a new one while searching for stocks. The previous screen will remain available alongside the new one for the time being to give customers time to adjust.

The company also enhanced its dividend reinvestment and stock accumulation features. On the “My Dividends” screen, customers can now go directly from a stock that paid them dividends to the stock accumulation feature. In addition, using data from the services for accumulating fractional and whole shares of Korean and U.S. stocks, the app now provides information on stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that other customers commonly accumulate.

The company also introduced a new “Children’s Stock Trends” service for customers who use accounts in their children’s names. It provides information on stocks commonly held in children’s accounts, as well as key investment information, to help parents choose investment products for their children.

Other updates include a “Shareholders Only” filter on stock discussion boards, which displays only posts by customers who hold the stock in question. The service that provides exclusive global research content in audio format now highlights the sentence currently being read. The bond screen has been streamlined to focus on key information, such as maturity and interest payment dates, and an automatic repurchase agreement (RP) purchase feature has been added to brokerage-type individual savings accounts (ISAs).

A Korea Investment & Securities representative said, “We focused on improving our services so customers can easily and conveniently turn the diverse investment information they encounter in their daily lives into actual investments.” The representative added, “We will continue to reflect customers’ usage patterns and needs to reduce friction in the investment process and provide a more intuitive and convenient investing environment.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.