[2025 Capital Investment Awards] Shinhan Asset Management's Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund Attracts Strong Inflows

Best Fund: Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund

Shinhan Asset Management received the Best Fund Award at the '2025 Asia Capital Investment Awards' in recognition of the outstanding performance of the Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund (USD).

Shinhan Asset Management received the Asia Business Daily Representative Award in the Best Fund category at the '2025 Asia Capital Investment Awards' held at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on December 4, 2025. Photo by Kang Jinhyung

Since its establishment in 1996, Shinhan Asset Management has been providing financial investment products tailored to meet the diverse needs of investors. The Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund (USD), launched in September last year, is one of the flagship products reflecting customer demand.

This year, the strength of the US dollar has become more pronounced due to a combination of domestic and international factors, including uncertainty in the US and global economies and imbalances in foreign exchange supply and demand. As of November 17, the average exchange rate stood at 1,415.30 KRW, up 3.8% from 1,363.44 KRW last year. As a result, investor interest in dollar-denominated investment products has increased.

The Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund (USD) has established itself as a suitable product for investors seeking stable dollar investments with higher interest rates than foreign currency deposits or money market funds (MMFs). Based on a dollar investment strategy that pursues both stability and profitability, individuals can also participate in this fund. It also offers the convenience of free withdrawals and deposits at any time without redemption fees.

Thanks to the product's competitiveness, demand from not only individual investors but also corporations has been rising rapidly. This year alone, over 400 billion KRW has flowed into the fund. As of the end of October, the fund's assets under management surpassed 1 trillion KRW.

As of November 14, the Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund recorded an annualized one-year return of 5.54%. This outperformed competing dollar short-term investment products, such as foreign currency MMFs, which posted a return of 4.25%.

Kang Panseok, manager at Shinhan Asset Management, stated, "The Shinhan Dollar Short-Term Fund has maintained solid returns through ongoing relative value analysis of the US and Korean markets. Since last month, the increase in KRW interest rates compared to US rates has widened, making KRW-denominated bonds relatively more attractive." He added, "We are gradually increasing the proportion of KRW assets and plan to provide optimal risk-adjusted returns through relative value analysis of interest rates in both countries."

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