Higher education tax and loan-loss provisions weighed on earnings despite income growth, while the group approved an additional buyback that would lift cumulative share retirements to ₩130 billion.
iM Financial Group reported first-half 2026 net profit attributable to controlling shareholders of ₩295.6 billion, down 4.4% from a year earlier, as a higher education tax burden and increased loan-loss provisions offset growth in net interest and operating income. Net interest income rose 4.1% on corporate loan growth at iM Bank and asset expansion at iM Capital, while total operating income increased 4.4% as iM Securities benefited from recovering capital markets. Alongside the earnings release, iM Financial Holdings approved an additional ₩30 billion treasury stock buyback and cancellation, which would raise cumulative repurchases and retirements to ₩130 billion once completed, keeping it on track for a ₩150 billion target by 2027.