Shinhan Asset Management's 'SOL AI Semiconductor Substrate and Materials' Net Assets Surpass 400 Billion KRW

Shinhan Asset Management announced on the 2nd that the net assets of the ‘SOL AI Semiconductor Materials and Components’ have exceeded 400 billion KRW.

Kim Jeong-hyun, Head of the ETF Business Division at Shinhan Asset Management, said, “The SOL AI Semiconductor Materials and Components ETF has attracted steady interest from individual investors and bank clients since its listing through a differentiated portfolio based on a semiconductor segmentation strategy compared to existing semiconductor ETFs. It has established itself as a leading domestic AI semiconductor ETF by recording a return of over 65% since listing through a timely launch just before the semiconductor sector’s major uptrend.”

The SOL AI Semiconductor Materials and Components Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) has constructed a portfolio that focuses exclusively on leading domestic artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor materials and components companies, excluding comprehensive semiconductor manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.

Among the top portfolio holdings, Hanmi Semiconductor, Ligno Industrial, EO Technics, and HPSP have recently gained attention as representative domestic AI semiconductor stocks and have surged sharply over the past year. The SOL AI Semiconductor Materials and Components ETF has also consistently delivered strong performance. Its returns over the past 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year are 19.62%, 41.58%, and 63.02%, respectively, with a total return of 66.4% since listing. Notably, its 1-year return ranks first among domestic semiconductor ETFs, demonstrating excellent long-term performance.

Due to its outstanding performance, the net assets, which were 8 billion KRW at launch, exceeded 100 billion KRW within two months. By the end of last year, they had grown to 290 billion KRW. The steep growth trend continued this year, increasing by more than 110 billion KRW since the beginning of the year, reaching a scale of 400 billion KRW within one year of listing. This also ranks first among semiconductor ETFs during the same period.

Kim said, “We believe that the proactive product launch in response to the improvement in the semiconductor cycle and the portfolio composition centered on semiconductor materials and components companies were effective. In particular, from the second half of last year, high-quality domestic semiconductor materials and components companies emerged as direct and indirect beneficiaries of AI, which greatly contributed to the ETF’s performance.”

The SOL AI Semiconductor Materials and Components ETF focuses its investments on 20 stocks, including domestic AI semiconductor companies such as Hanmi Semiconductor, Hana Micron, EO Technics, ISC, and leading HBM companies, as well as companies related to advanced process technology such as Dongjin Semichem, HPSP, Ligno Industrial, and Lake Materials. From a semiconductor market technology trend perspective, companies related to HBM account for about 55%, and those related to advanced process technology make up about 40%. By value chain classification, materials account for about 20%, components about 15%, equipment about 50%, and others about 14%.