Samsung Asset Management's KODEX AI Semiconductor Net Assets Surpass 100 Billion Won

Samsung Asset Management announced on the 26th that the net assets of the 'KODEX AI Semiconductor ETF' have surpassed 100 billion KRW. Amid the continuous co-growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology development and the semiconductor industry, there is growing interest in ETFs that focus intensively on the AI semiconductor theme.

KODEX AI Semiconductor is an ETF that invests in domestic companies related to AI semiconductors, which are core elements of the 4th Industrial Revolution such as HBM, 5G, autonomous driving, IoT, and AI. It is gaining attention as a differentiated investment tool because it allows concentrated investment in representative AI semiconductor companies. The KODEX AI Semiconductor recorded a return of 16.6% since the beginning of the year, the highest among all 43 AI ETFs during this period.

The KODEX AI Semiconductor ETF conducted a base index remodeling on the 21st. The weighting of the top two companies by market capitalization among the investment target companies was expanded to 20% each, and the weights of other stocks were adjusted accordingly. This was the result of raising the minimum market capitalization criterion for stocks included in the ETF from 300 billion KRW to 600 billion KRW.

The two leading semiconductor stocks, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, account for more than 40% of the total assets. As the AI semiconductor market establishes itself as an independent growth axis rather than a sub-area of the existing system semiconductor sector, the changing industrial structure has been reflected in the ETF product.

Lee Daehwan, a manager at Samsung Asset Management, said, "With the advancement of AI technology, the semiconductor market is growing to the next level, and the industrial structure is also becoming more segmented. We will do our best to enable investors to approach the market with more precise strategies through a diverse ETF lineup."

Samsung Asset Management is building an ETF semiconductor lineup that allows investment in the domestic semiconductor industry in various ways, including KODEX AI Semiconductor. Customized investments tailored to investor preferences and objectives are possible through KODEX Semiconductor, which invests in the entire domestic semiconductor market; KODEX AI Semiconductor Core Equipment, which invests in AI semiconductor equipment companies; and KODEX Semiconductor Leverage, which invests with 2x leverage in semiconductor indices.