2012-11-25 11:23
Sexagenarians to take up half of retail stock investment in 2025
Koreans in their 60s are expected to own nearly half of retail investors' stock holdings in 2025 due to the country's rapid population aging, industry data showed Sunday.
According to the data by the Korea Exchange and Eugene Investment & Securities Co., sexagenarians' stock holdings are likely to soar to 48 percent of all stock held by retail investors from 33 percent last year. The ratio is projected to climb further to 53 percent in 2030, 61 percent in 2040, 65 percent in 2050 and 69 percent in 2060, they said. "People in their 50s have been increasing their stock investment since the 2008 global financial crisis," said Seoul Bo-ik, an analyst at Eugene Investment & Securities Co. "Their interest in equity investment is expected to last as part of their efforts to provide for old age." With the population aging, the number of stock investors is also predicted to increase over the next two decades. The ratio of stock investors to the country's total population is likely to rise to 12 percent in 2020 from 11 percent last year, with the figure reaching 12.2 percent in 2030, according to the brokerage house. The predictions come as Korea is fast becoming an aged society, in which more than 14 percent of the population is 65 or older. The country became an aging society in 2000, when the ratio exceeded 7 percent. According to a government report released in September, people aged 65 or older accounts for 11.8 percent of the country's population of about 50 million. (Yonhap) |
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