Samsung Asset Management KODEX Net Assets Surpass 50 Trillion Won

Surpassing 40 Trillion Won in May Last Year, Increased by 10 Trillion Won in 8 Months
Development of Various Products and Provision of Investment Solutions

Samsung Asset Management announced on the 30th that the net assets of KODEX ETFs have surpassed 50 trillion won.

KODEX recorded 50.3 trillion won just eight months after surpassing 40 trillion won in May last year.

Since breaking the 40 trillion won mark, Samsung KODEX ETFs have shown rapid growth, with net assets of over 100 billion won increasing across 20 products. Various types of products, ranging from parking-type to interest rate-type, domestic and international index types, as well as key growth themes such as KODEX CD Rate Active, KODEX Bank Bond Active, KODEX KOFR Rate Active, KODEX Corporate Bond Active, KODEX Semiconductor, KODEX US S&P 500 TR, KODEX 200, KODEX US Nasdaq 100 TR, and KODEX Secondary Battery Core Materials 10 Fn, have all grown evenly.

Along with CD rates, bank bonds, and corporate bonds, seven out of 18 new products launched after surpassing 40 trillion won?including 10-year government bonds, secondary batteries, and AI semiconductors?have recorded net assets exceeding 100 billion won, demonstrating timely releases of products needed by investors.

Supported by strong investor buying momentum, Samsung KODEX ETFs saw net assets increase by 15.8 trillion won last year, setting a record for the largest annual growth. This year, the growth pace continues with an expansion of over 1.5 trillion won in just one month.

As an industry leader, Samsung Asset Management consistently develops and provides differentiated innovative products that meet the diverse needs of investors. Last year, it listed ETFs that segmented the secondary battery and semiconductor sectors leading the AI theme, the Seohak Gaemi ETF introducing the portfolios of Korean overseas investors, the US S&P 500 sector series as an efficient tool for asset allocation, and the India series with expected growth. This year, it also introduced a Korean-style TSLY, a Tesla single-stock covered call ETF.

Ha Ji-won, Vice President of the ETF Business Division at Samsung Asset Management, stated, "Samsung Asset Management has continuously strived to develop various types of products, including growth theme types, monthly dividend types, maturity matching types, and overseas sector types, so that individual investments as well as pension investments can be completed in a one-stop manner with KODEX ETFs alone."

He added, "We also actively support institutional investors to conveniently and efficiently utilize ETFs to realize their asset management strategies, and with the industry's best manpower and know-how, we will play a pioneering role in developing the Korean capital market."

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