The Korea Value-Up Index reached a record high last month, with ETFs tracking it experiencing a significant increase in net assets. 12 companies newly disclosed value-up plans, continuing the trend of shareholder returns.
South Korean ETF net assets are approaching 500 trillion won after an eight-day dip. Despite market volatility and foreign sell-offs, individual investors bought over 9 trillion won in ETFs, cushioning the decline. Leveraged ETFs and S&P 500 ETFs saw significant inflows, while semiconductor ETFs experienced outflows.
Samsung Asset Management announced that the net asset value of its KODEX 200 ETF has exceeded 30 trillion won, marking a first for any ETF in Korea. The ETF, launched in October 2002, tracks the KOSPI 200 index and has seen rapid growth, with its total net assets reaching over 203 trillion won.
Mirae Asset's TIGER US Space Tech ETF has surpassed 1 trillion won in net assets, marking the fastest growth for a passive ETF in Korea. The ETF focuses on private space development companies and is designed to flexibly incorporate SpaceX upon its IPO.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs hit $108.76 billion in net assets as five weeks of inflows and fading put skew signal institutional demand is back.
