SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management said Monday it will launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in companies participating in South Korea’s national “Sovereign AI” project, underscoring growing investor confidence in the country’s bid to develop its own artificial intelligence infrastructure. The KODEX Korea Sovereign AI ETF, set to debut on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial watchdog cautioned retail investors on Tuesday about the risks of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), even as the market for such products has expanded more than fourfold in recent years. According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the nation’s ETF market reached 232 trillion won ($168 billion) in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s stock market stuck in a holding pattern, investors are pouring money into bond-focused exchange-traded funds, underscoring a shift toward safer assets amid global economic uncertainty. According to Koscom data released Thursday, Samsung Asset Management’s KODEX Money Market Active and Korea Investment Trust’s ACE Money Market Active [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant share of South Korean investors’ holdings in overseas-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are concentrated in high-risk leveraged products, raising concerns about potential losses and the need for regulatory overhaul, according to a new report by the Korea Capital Market Institute. As of June 2025, South Korean investors held [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management announced on March 26 that its KODEX AI Semiconductor ETF has exceeded 100 billion won in net assets, highlighting growing investor interest in semiconductor companies with ties to artificial intelligence. The exchange-traded fund focuses on domestic companies involved in AI semiconductor technologies, including high-bandwidth memory chips [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is facing declining representation in South Korea’s Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) market, reflecting growing concerns about its position in the semiconductor industry, particularly regarding its competitive stance in High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and artificial intelligence (AI) chip supply chains. According to financial data provider Yonhap Infomax, as of November [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –The Korea Exchange announced on February 8 that it will list Samsung Asset Management’s KODEX Global Obesity Treatment TOP2 Plus Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on the stock market on February 14. This fund marks the first obesity treatment-themed product in South Korea, investing in 10 global companies related to obesity [...]
Paris, France, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Trackinsight, the leading independent ETF database platform, is pleased to announce the release of its 4th Global ETF Survey 2023 in partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management and State Street. The full report, available for free on trackinsight.com, details the key findings and ETF trends from over 500 professional investors who [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exchange traded fund (ETF) market has a high growth potential, the chief of a U.S. ETF-specializing asset manager said Wednesday Christian Magoon, the CEO of the Chicago-based Amplify ETFs, noted the recent pandemic-incurred correction in the global financial market is helping investors better see the strength of [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Asset Management Co. said Wednesday it had listed the ARIRANG US Alternative Investment Top 10 MV exchange traded fund (ETF) on the South Korean bourse. The newly-released EFT invests in the top ten U.S. listed companies with more than 75 percent of their sales or managed assets coming [...]