Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Samsung Kodex Autos ETF and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Korea ETF Market Size Breakdown from a Flow Trading Perspective

Korea ETF Market Size Breakdown from a Flow Trading Perspective

By Sanghyun Park

  • There are 611 ETFs with a combined AUM of ₩76T. Korea is in the global top 7. ₩32T worth of ETFs belongs to local equity, half of which are index-trackers.
  • The market began to pay attention to the less crowded areas. The result is the rise of sector ETFs. Sector-type has also grown significantly, now with an AUM of ₩8.4T.
  • Lower predictability causes their rebalancings to be relatively less crowded. That is, the profit effect of acquiring prior information is much more dramatic on the day of rebalancing trading.

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