In Q4 2025, the number of individual retail investors in Taiwan's stock market surged to a record-high 5,832,615—an increase of approximately 445,000 from the previous quarter. Despite elevated market volatility, retail investors accounted for 53.19% of total trading volume, underscoring their enduring importance to Taiwan's capital markets.
Among investors under the age of 30, approximately 2.2 million accounts were active as of March 2025, comprising 17% of the total investor base. In 2025, new account openings in this cohort grew by 32% year-over-year, evidencing a pronounced trend toward a younger investor demographic. While this group currently accounts for roughly 5% of overall market transaction value, the pace of new account formation is notable: those under 19 opened over 90,000 new accounts, and investors under 30 consistently represent more than 60% of monthly new account openings.
As a digitally native, highly educated generation born after 1980 becomes an increasingly active participant in Taiwan's equity markets, the need for timely, digitized, and data-driven governance research and intelligence has grown considerably—yet the supply of such resources remains insufficient.
Shareholder meeting records from the past five years suggest that investor engagement with voting agenda items has been relatively limited. Exploratory survey research by Ktlyst among Taiwan's retail investor population indicates that nearly 40% of respondents express meaningful concern about corporate governance, yet lack the intelligence resources and tools necessary to convert that concern into informed action.
This pattern may reflect not investor indifference, but a structural gap in market infrastructure. Ktlyst's core purpose is to close that gap.
We hold a fundamental conviction: informed shareholders make for healthier markets. Regardless of whether they are institutional or retail, domestic or foreign, every shareholder in Taiwan deserves the ability to exercise their rights clearly and confidently, grounded in full information—in the service of stronger corporate governance across Taiwan's capital markets.
Ktlyst's mission is to empower investors through digitized, data-driven research and intelligence, deepening shareholder democracy and shareholder activism, to continuously raise the standard of corporate governance in Taiwan's capital markets.