Samsung Asset leads H1 AUM rankings amid ETF boom
South Korea’s asset management industry posted stellar growth in the first half of 2025, buoyed by a 28% surge in the country’s benchmar...
Hana Asset launches ultra-low-fee Nasdaq 100 ETF
Hana Asset Management Co. will list the “1Q US Nasdaq 100 ETF” on Tuesday, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index with...
Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
Mirae Asset Financial Group, one of the largest asset managers in South Korea, has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in high-q...
World Vision becomes 1st Korean corporate entity to trade crypto
Non-government organization World Vision Korea has sold its Ethereum holdings, becoming the first Korean legal entity to trade crypto after the Sout...
S.Korea's crypto market doubles to $77.5 bn with 20% of population trading
South Korea’s cryptocurrency market surged to nearly 108 trillion won ($77.5 billion) in the second half of last year, fueled by growing retai...
Hong Kong to list world’s 1st Samsung single-stock leveraged ETF
A pair of leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking only Samsung Electronics Co. will make a debut on the stock exchange in Hong Kong next week, whic...
RedotPay lands in Seoul with crypto cards
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based blockchain fintech company, has arrived in South Korea with its cryptocurrency-based payment cards and is poised to disr...
Mirae Asset launches world’s 1st passive target-date ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to introduce the world’s first passive target-date exchange-traded fund (ETF) this month to attract ...
Dunamu slapped with 3-month business suspension order
Dunamu Inc., the operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, has been hit with a three-month partial business suspension ...
S.Korea to allow listed firms to trade cryptocurrencies in second half
South Korea plans to allow companies listed on the local stock market to trade virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, on a pilot basis in the s...
Mirae Asset prepares bitcoin covered call ETF launch: chairman
Mirae Asset Financial Group is preparing to launch a bitcoin covered call exchange traded fund (ETF) for global investors to foray into the cryptocu...
Korean investors abandon savings, stocks for cryptocurrencies
Money is rapidly shifting to cryptocurrency markets in South Korea as lower interest rates and lackluster stock prices reduce the investment appeal ...
Korea seeks to ease fintech ownership, crypto regulations
South Korea’s top financial regulator has proposed loosening restrictions on financial holding companies’ ownership of fintech platforms...
Koreans flock to cryptos amid Trump-fueled crypto craze
The number of South Koreans investing in cryptocurrencies recently broke past 15 million — about 30% of the country’s population —...
Mirae Asset rises to 12th-largest ETF manager with $141 billion in assets
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has emerged as the world’s 12th-largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manag...
Korea’s crypto exchanges ride bitcoin rally on Trump optimism
South Korea’s crypto exchanges are enjoying a global boom in virtual currencies, including bitcoin, as US President-elect Donald Trump is expe...
Mirae Asset’s TIGER Nasdaq 100 ETF crosses $2.8 bn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Tuesday that that its TIGER Nasdaq 100 ETF has become the second US-focused ETF listed in South...
S.Korean retail investors rush to buy Indian stocks on dips
South Korea's mom-and-pop investors have upped their stake in Indian stocks, hoping that Donald Trump's return to the White House will boost the Sou...
Samsung Asset releases KODEX India ETF Investment Guide
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management said on Monday it released its KODEX India ETF Investment Pocket Guide.The guide provides information on the ...
Hanwha Asset taps US for Korean defense ETF listing
Hanwha Asset Management Co., a financial service sibling of South Korea’s major defense and aerospace developer Hanwha Aerospace Co., is seeki...
Korea Investment Management to list Global AI-based ASIC ETF
Korea Investment Management Co. said on Monday it will list the ACE Global AI ASIC exchange-traded fund (ETF) on October 22. The ETF will focus on ...
South Korean investors bet big on ETFs tracking Indian equities
India has emerged as a new darling for South Korean investors actively searching for an alternative to China reeling from multiple economic setbacks...
Korea Investment Management to launch two India-focused ETFs
Korea Investment Management said on Wednesday it will launch two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) targeting the Indian market on September 10.The...
Korea Investment's Nasdaq 100 ETF surpasses $747 mn
Korea Investment Management Co. said on Thursday that the net assets of its ACE US Nasdaq 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) had surpassed 1 trillion wo...
Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months
South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand fo...
Young Korean investors choose monthly dividend ETFs over crypto
For decades, investments in financial products that promise decent dividend payouts such as high-dividend stocks have been associated with elderly i...
Samsung Asset publishes brokerage ISA guidebook
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Thursday that it newly published the KODEX Brokerage ISA Investment Guidebook for individual inv...
Korean stocks linked to a Trump victory soar after shooting
Investors in the South Korean stock market rushed to stocks seen as connected to former US President Donald Trump on Monday, such as construction, n...
Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...
Samsung Asset's KODEX ETF surpasses $43 bn in net assets
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Monday that the net assets of its KODEX exchange-traded fund (ETF) have surpassed 60 trillion ...
