Wealthy South Korean Investors Buy $1.36B in Samsung and SK Hynix Leveraged ETFs in May-July Period

According to an analysis by Seoul Economic Daily based on investment portfolios of 25,000 high-net-worth individuals (with over 10 billion Korean won in financial assets), wealthy investors in South Korea actively purchased leveraged single-stock ETFs linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix between late May and mid-July.

The top net purchases included 178.1 billion won in KODEX SK Hynix Single-Stock Leveraged ETF, 140.1 billion won in TIGER SK Hynix Single-Stock Leveraged ETF, and 116.6 billion won in KODEX Samsung Electronics Single-Stock Leveraged ETF. Among the five largest investment targets by net purchase volume, three were leveraged ETFs tied to the two South Korean semiconductor giants.