Shinhan Asset Management, SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF... "1-Year Return Surpasses 70%"

Shinhan Asset Management announced on the 5th that the SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF has continued its high return streak, surpassing a 70% return over the past year. Since the beginning of the year, the 3-month and 6-month returns have recorded 21.35%, 34.65%, and 37.94%, respectively. With steady capital inflows mainly from bank customers, net assets have increased by more than 10 billion KRW this year alone, pushing the total net assets beyond 30 billion KRW, marking the start of significant capital inflow.

The SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF is a product that diversifies investments with a 70:30 ratio between non-memory semiconductor companies such as Nvidia and memory semiconductor companies including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Its excellent performance is attributed to the balanced results of the top holdings.

Looking at the top portfolio holdings, there are Nvidia (9.69%), the No.1 external GPU maker; ASML (8.66%), the No.1 lithography equipment provider; TSMC (6.22%), the No.1 foundry; Samsung Electronics (8.5%) and SK Hynix (9.33%), the No.1 and No.2 memory companies; Intel (3.11%), the No.1 CPU maker; as well as investments in Broadcom (8.74%) and AMS (6.63%).

Junghyun Kim, Head of the ETF Business Division at Shinhan Asset Management, explained, “The SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF follows the concept of investing in the top global semiconductor value chain stocks at once. Through diversification, it reduces volatility while benefiting from the balanced rise of both memory and non-memory sectors.” He added, “Since Samsung Electronics’ production cuts, the surge in demand for HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) and DDR5 has brought memory semiconductor companies into the spotlight, greatly highlighting the advantages of diversification.”

The biggest advantage of the SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF is its consistent stable returns despite being a semiconductor sector ETF. It can be used as a representative index for the semiconductor industry, covering both domestic and overseas markets as well as memory and non-memory sectors, while maintaining top-tier performance. This is clearly demonstrated through comparisons with Korea’s KRX Semiconductor Index and the U.S. Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, which are representative semiconductor indices of Korea and the U.S., respectively.

Over the past year, the KRX Semiconductor Index recorded a 52.1% return, and the U.S. Philadelphia Semiconductor Index posted 64.51%, whereas the SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF achieved an outstanding long-term return of 76.65%.

Kim stated, “Short-term returns may vary depending on the trends in memory and non-memory sectors and the fluctuations of individual companies, but over the long term, it consistently outperforms the domestic semiconductor index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index.” He added, “The SOL Korean-style Global Semiconductor Active ETF is suitable for investors who want to reduce volatility through global diversification and invest more stably in the overall growth of the semiconductor industry.”

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