[2025 Capital Investment Awards] Samsung Asset Management Surpasses 430 Trillion Won in Assets Under Management

Best Asset Management Company

Samsung Asset Management has been selected as the Best Asset Manager at the '2025 Asia Capital Investment Awards'.

Samsung Asset Management is the largest asset management company in Korea, with assets under management reaching approximately 436 trillion won as of November 11. The net assets of its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand, KODEX, stand at about 108 trillion won, maintaining its position as the largest in Korea and establishing itself as the industry’s leading asset manager.

Based on its expertise in managing traditional assets such as equities and bonds, Samsung Asset Management has introduced a variety of financial products previously unavailable in the Korean market, including ETFs, target date funds (TDFs), and outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) services. This has contributed to the growth of assets for both individual and institutional investors. The company holds an industry market share of approximately 22.5% based on assets under management.

With the domestic ETF market surpassing 280 trillion won, Samsung Asset Management’s ETF brand KODEX has solidified its top position with a domestic market share of 38.4%. Since launching Korea’s first ETF, KODEX 200, in 2002, KODEX has successively introduced sector, overseas, bond, and derivative ETFs. In 2008, it listed the first thematic ETF, the Samsung Group ETF, demonstrating the potential success of strategy-based ETFs.

In 2009 and 2010, Samsung Asset Management launched Asia’s first inverse and leveraged ETFs, respectively, serving as a catalyst for the expansion and popularization of the domestic ETF market. As other asset managers observed KODEX’s growth and entered the market, competition intensified, leading to the formation of today’s domestic ETF market, which boasts the most diverse product lineup in Asia.

Samsung Asset Management is leading the popularization of parking-type ETFs, which serve as a safe haven for short-term funds. In 2022, it listed Korea’s first ETF tracking the Korea Overnight Financing Repo (KOFR) index, KODEX KOFR Rate Active (Synthetic). Its net assets have grown to approximately 4.3 trillion won. Additionally, KODEX CD Rate Active (Synthetic) has reached about 8.7 trillion won in net assets, ranking fourth among all domestic ETFs by net asset size.

Samsung Asset Management has firmly established itself as a vehicle for short-term fund management, providing investors with a “safe haven for idle funds,” and is rapidly expanding its lineup of parking-type ETFs to respond swiftly to market demand.