Korea Investment & Securities is preparing to expand beyond fragmented investment products into the tokenization of standardized assets such as stocks and bonds, Digital Asset Strategy Department head Park Seung-jin said in an interview with Yonhap Infomax reported by TokenPost. If regulations permit, the company hopes to become the first institution to enter the market, drawing on its early experience in areas including note issuance and IMA. Park said the priority must be discovering and supplying products that can earn customer trust, supported by capabilities built across the company's investment banking headquarters, project financing department and investment products department. The Digital Asset Strategy Department began as a task force last year and was formally established at the beginning of this year, focusing on tokenized securities, stablecoins and cooperation with Coinone. Korea Investment & Securities entered the digital-asset market by investing in Coinone shares. Cooperation currently includes providing domestic stock investment information through the Coinone app, alongside reviews of internal controls and security. Formal cooperation is expected after the Digital Asset Basic Law under review by South Korea's National Assembly is passed. The company also views stablecoins as a convenient payment method and is studying their use to settle other goods.