Samsung Asset Management's 'KODEX Top5Plus TR ETF' Tops Net Asset Inflows

Among Domestic Equity ETFs, 726.5 Billion Won Inflow Since the Beginning of the Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Samsung Asset Management announced on the 13th that the KODEX Top5Plus TR (Total Return) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) ranked first in net asset growth among all domestic equity ETFs.

This product is an ETF that invests in the top 5 companies by market capitalization and 5 companies with large market capitalization and high dividend yield among all KOSPI and KOSDAQ stocks.

Since its listing in January 2019, the current total net assets of this product amount to 963 billion KRW. Since the beginning of the year alone, 726.5 billion KRW of net assets have flowed in. The year-to-date return is 16.8%, which is 6.4 percentage points higher than the KOSPI increase of 10.4% during the same period.

The underlying index is the FnGuide TOP5 Plus TR index. It features a total return (TR) investment method that reinvests dividends without paying out distributions. The main components include Samsung Electronics (005930), SK Hynix (000660), and Naver (035420), with the top three stocks accounting for more than 55% of the portfolio. Additionally, it includes other leading domestic large-cap stocks such as Hyundai Motor (005380) and POSCO Holdings (005490). The total expense ratio is 0.15% per year.

Im Taehyuk, Executive Director of ETF Management at Samsung Asset Management, said, “The KODEX Top5Plus TR ETF is a product that allows concentrated investment in the top domestic market capitalization stocks, and its total net assets are steadily attracting investor interest, nearing 1 trillion KRW. It is suitable as a long-term investment product for investors seeking stable investment because it allows diversified investment in representative domestic stocks and is a TR ETF where dividends are reinvested.”