'KBSTAR Bimemory Bandochae Active ETF' Tops Domestic Stock Category in Returns

KB Asset Management announced on the 27th that the "KBSTAR Non-Memory Semiconductor Active ETF" has recorded the highest return among 345 domestic equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including leveraged products, with a year-to-date return of 66.88% as of the 23rd.

This is due to the surge in stock prices of non-memory related equipment companies such as ▶Hanmi Semiconductor ▶Jusung Engineering ▶Hanamicron, driven by growing interest in AI servers following the emergence of ChatGPT this year. Since the beginning of the year, Hanmi Semiconductor's stock price has risen by 432%, while Jusung Engineering and Hanamicron have increased by 216% and 218%, respectively. The benchmark, the ‘iSelect Non-Memory Semiconductor Index,’ consists of common stocks listed on the KOSPI and KOSDAQ that cover the entire non-memory semiconductor industry.

Looking at the index components, Samsung Electronics holds the largest weight at 13.55%. This is followed by Hanmi Semiconductor (8.34%), LIG Nex1 (8.03%), DB HiTek (7.87%), EO Technics (6.05%), Soulbrain (5.15%), Jusung Engineering (4.67%), and Hanamicron (4.54%).

Geum Jeong-seop, Head of ETF Marketing at KB Asset Management, said, “With large-scale investments being made in the promising non-memory semiconductor sector, the stock prices of related companies have surged significantly. By utilizing the ‘KBSTAR Non-Memory Semiconductor Active ETF,’ the only domestic ETF related to non-memory semiconductors, investors can easily invest in the rapidly growing non-memory semiconductor industry as a whole.” KB Asset Management plans to continuously offer ETFs related to industries that are expected to grow as future drivers of Korea, such as semiconductors, secondary batteries, robotics, AI, and the metaverse.

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