Fifty-eight percent of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors in September were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan

Press Release

LONDONOctober 22, 2024  ETFGI, a prominent independent research and consultancy firm specializing in providing subscription research on trends in the global ETFs industry, reported today that 58% of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors in September were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan. In  September, 29 of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors were ETFs listed in the United States and Japan. The number of ETFs on the list were up by 1 from 28 in August 2024, it is up by 2 from 27 in July 2024, and it is up by 3 from 26 in June 2024. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted)

 

Highlights

  • Seventeen of the twenty-nine ETFs on the top 50 list provide leverage or inverse exposure.
  • The largest purchase was US$2.52 billion of the Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3X SHS ETF listed in the United States.

Top 10 overseas ETF purchased by Korean retail investors in September 2024

ETF Name

Purchase Amount in USD

DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTORS BULL 3X SHS ETF

 2,518,704,059

DIREXION SEMICONDUCTOR BEAR 3X ETF

 1,623,793,316

DIREXION DAILY TSLA BULL 2X SHARES

 720,775,325

GRANITESHARES 2.0X LONG NVDA DAILY ETF

 718,711,993

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO QQQ ETF

 416,375,733

DIREXION DAILY 20 YEAR PLUS DRX DLY 20+ YR TREAS BULL 3X

 406,636,271

PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ ETF

 341,190,564

SPDR SP 500 ETF TRUST

 340,814,809

ISHARES 20+ YEAR TREASURY BOND ETF

 231,740,123

INVESCO QQQ TRUST SRS 1 ETF

 185,957,252

Source, Korea Securities Depository.

 

The ETF industry in Korea has 1,295 products, with assets of $133.25 Bn, from 37 providers listed on the Korea Exchange at the end of September. According to data from ETFGI, 26.18 percent of the ETF provide leverage or inverse exposure which account for 9.34% of the assets in the ETF industry in Korea.

 

Asset Growth in ETFs industry in Korea ETF as of the end of September

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