Stock brokerage COL Financial Group Inc. intends to grow its individual client base by a quarter to 200,000 as the Philippine Stock Exchange to attract more investors.

On the sidelines of COL’s annual stockholders meeting, President and Chief Executive Officer Conrado Bate told reporters that despite the impact of present market conditions on the company’s bottom line for the year, the number of customers is will grow by a quarter or by 40,000 clients this year.