Mirae Asset Global Investments
Mirae Asset Global Investments is a Seoul-based asset manager in the Mirae Asset Financial Group, founded in 1997 by Hyeon Joo Park, whose ETF brands include TIGER ETF in Korea and Global X in the United States. Its assets under management stood at 624 trillion won at the end of April 2026. In October 2026 it disclosed an outside intrusion into its web systems.
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Key facts
1997–2011Founding and Overseas Expansion
Mirae Asset Global Investments began in 1997 as Mirae Asset Investment Advisory. It launched Korea’s first closed-end mutual fund in 1998 and its first open-ended mutual fund in 2000.[1]
Founder Hyeon Joo Park became chairman of Mirae Asset in 2001.[2]
It opened its first overseas office in Hong Kong in 2003, launched the TIGER ETF series on the Korea Exchange in 2006 and acquired the Canadian ETF provider Horizons ETFs in 2011.[1]
2018Acquiring Global X
On July 2, 2018, the company completed its acquisition of Global X Management Company, a New York ETF provider with $10.1 billion in assets under management that kept its brand and day-to-day operations. At closing Mirae Asset managed $126.3 billion, including $21.3 billion in global ETFs.[3]
The same year Hyeon Joo Park became Global Strategy Officer of the Mirae Asset Financial Group.[2]
2022–2025Rapid Asset Growth
By the end of November 2025 it managed 504 trillion won across 16 regions, up from 250 trillion won at the end of 2022.[4]
Co-CEOs and vice chairmen Choi Chang-hoon and Lee Jun-yong, whose terms ran to November 23, 2025, were reappointed.[4]
May–August 2026: Assets Pass 600 Trillion Won
As of the end of April 2026 its assets under management reached 624 trillion won, and it operated 747 ETFs in 13 markets including Korea, the United States, Europe and Japan, ranking 12th in the global ETF market. It planned to launch Hong Kong’s first covered call ETF in tokenized form in the third quarter of 2026.[5]
In August 2026 the company said its global ETF business had reached 389 trillion won ($282 billion) in assets, making it the world’s 11th-largest ETF manager.[6]
October 2026System Intrusion
On October 28, 2026, the company said its web system had been accessed abnormally from an external IP address; it blocked the route immediately and notified financial regulators. The hacker viewed data in some internal business systems, including some employees’ names.[7]
The company said no retail investor data or unique identification information had leaked and no financial losses occurred.[7]
The Financial Supervisory Service learned that day of the incidents at Daishin SecuritiesDaishin SecuritiesDaishin Securities is a listed securities company in Seoul. It began in 1962 as Samrak Securities and was renamed and listed in 1975 after Yang Jae-bong acquired it, and its subsidiaries include a savings bank, an asset manager and a private equity arm. In October 2026 it disclosed that a server linked to online account opening had been hacked, exposing personal and financial information of 38,490 customers.Open the full entry, Mirae Asset Global Investments and Bithumb and began assessing them.[8]
Sources
- Our Story – Mirae Asset Global Investments (opens in a new window)
- Leadership – Mirae Asset Global Investments (opens in a new window)
- Mirae Asset Expands ETF Business with Completion of Global X Acquisition (opens in a new window)
- 최창훈·이준용 미래에셋자산운용 부회장, ‘운용자산 500조’ 연임으로 증명된 성과[2025 올해의 CEO] (opens in a new window) (in Korean)
- Mirae Asset Global Investments AUM Tops 600 Trillion Won, Doubling in Two Years (opens in a new window)
- Mirae Asset Global Investments - Global Innovative Asset Manager (opens in a new window)
- Mirae Asset Global Investments Hit by Hacking, Says No Client ID Data Leaked (opens in a new window)
- Hacking Incidents at Daishin Securities, Mirae Asset Global Investments and Bithumb; FSS Assessing the Situation (opens in a new window)