Korean retail investors were active purchasers of overseas listed ETFs in December

Press Release

LONDONJanuary 21, 2025— ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, events, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends, reports Korean retail investors were active purchasers of overseas listed ETFs in December.  Twenty-six of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors were ETFs listed in the United States. The number of ETFs on the top 50 list was up by 1 from the 25 in November, the same number as October 2024, and is down by 3 from the 29 in September 2024.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted)

 

Highlights

  • Twenty-six of the top 50 overseas securities purchased by Korean retail investors were ETFs listed in the United States
  • The number is up by 1 from the 25 in November
  • Sixteen of the twenty-six ETFs on the top 50 list provide leverage or inverse exposure.
  • The largest purchase was $2.11 billion of the Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares listed in the US

 

                     Top 10 overseas ETFs purchased in December 2024

ETF Name

Purchase Amount in USD

DIREXION DAILY TSLA BULL 2X SHARES

 2,109,713,231

DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTORS BULL 3X SHS ETF

 1,601,053,094

SPDR SP 500 ETF TRUST

 973,968,162

T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF

 612,397,447

GRANITESHARES 2.0X LONG NVDA DAILY ETF

 578,528,185

2X ETHER ETF

 502,102,608

2X BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

 478,500,164

DIREXION SEMICONDUCTOR BEAR 3X ETF

 439,329,944

TIDAL TRUST II DEFIANCE DAILY TARGET 1.75X LNG MSTR ETF

 433,399,048

VANGUARD SP 500 ETF SPLR 39326002188 US9229084135

 411,860,639

Source, Korea Securities Depository.

 

The ETFs industry in Korea has 1,353 products, with assets of $128.97 Bn, from 37 providers listed on the Korea Exchange at the end of 2024. According to data from ETFGI, 25.42 percent of the ETFs provide leverage or inverse exposure which account for 9% of the assets in the ETFs industry in Korea.

 

Asset Growth in the ETFs industry in Korea at the end of 2024

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