Samsung Asset Management, Samsung KODEX US Seohak Ant ETF... "Net Assets Doubled in 10 Business Days"

Samsung Asset Management announced on the 15th that the KODEX Miguk Seohakgaemi Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) has shown explosive growth, with its net assets doubling to exceed 200 billion KRW in just 10 trading days. Since the beginning of this year, individual investors' net purchase amount has surpassed 41.4 billion KRW, demonstrating sustained strong interest from investors.

The KODEX Miguk Seohakgaemi ETF constructs its portfolio by weighting the top 25 companies based on the custody amount held by the Korea Securities Depository among stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, adjusting the weighting monthly according to custody amounts. This ETF differentiates itself by reflecting the investment flows of Seohakgaemi through monthly rebalancing, allowing it to respond sensitively to market changes.

Current investment companies include BATMMAAN?Broadcom, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, and Nvidia?recognized as key recent U.S. big tech firms. Additionally, it includes IonQ, a leading quantum computing company; Palantir, an AI software company; MicroStrategy, a virtual asset investment firm; NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) company; Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company; and Realty Income, a representative U.S. REIT product, among other leading companies across various industries.

In this way, the KODEX Miguk Seohakgaemi ETF is not limited to specific sectors or themes but can reflect the stocks that Seohakgaemi are investing in on a monthly basis. This advantage allows it to quickly follow the flow of smart investors who respond flexibly to market conditions, which is a major distinction from general theme or sector ETFs.

In fact, through this month’s rebalancing, KODEX Miguk Seohakgaemi promptly reflected changes in Seohakgaemi investors’ investment flows by removing Intel and newly including Coca-Cola, among others.

Kim Dohyung, Head of ETF Consulting at Samsung Asset Management, said, "The KODEX Miguk Seohakgaemi ETF is a customized product that swiftly reflects the investment flows of smart domestic individual Seohakgaemi investors on a monthly basis. It will be the optimal solution for investors who want to join the investment strategy of smart Seohakgaemi who respond quickly to the changing global market."