KB Asset Management said on the 21st that it will newly launch the RISE Global Game Tech TOP3 Plus exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the RISE U.S. High Dividend Dow Jones TOP10 ETF.
First, the RISE Global Game Tech TOP3 Plus ETF is the first ETF in Korea to invest in the global game industry. It is a product that focuses on the growth potential of the expanding game industry driven by the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and big tech, concentrating on hardware, software, intellectual property (IP), and platforms across the industry.
Specifically, it selects Sony of PlayStation, Nintendo noted for the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, and Microsoft of Xbox as the TOP3 core stocks, investing 20% in each. It also evenly holds global game and tech corporations such as AMD, Electronic Arts, Roblox, Tencent, Nvidia, and NetEase using an equal-weight method.
In particular, to directly reflect the benefit from globally popular IP, KB Asset Management said it included Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, which is drawing attention with the reveal of "GTA6."
The RISE Global Game Tech TOP3 Plus ETF builds a portfolio of a total of 10 stocks and conducts regular quarterly rebalancing to respond flexibly to market changes.
The RISE U.S. High Dividend Dow Jones TOP10 ETF, listed alongside it, is a high-dividend ETF that invests with equal weight in 10 U.S. Dow Jones index constituents with the highest expected dividend yields over the next year.
Based on the traditional strategy of investing with equal weight in the top 10 high-dividend stocks in the Dow, known as the Dogs of Dow, it selects names using expected dividend yield (forward dividend yield), which reflects future dividend capacity.
This product invests in representative global dividend stocks such as Cisco, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson, Home Depot, and Merck, with an average dividend yield of 4.14% over the past five years. That is more than 0.5 percentage points higher than the U.S. Dividend Dow Jones 100 Index.
KB Asset Management said the portfolio is built around large, market-validated dividend stocks with low volatility, and its monthly distribution structure allows for stable cash flow. Rebalancing is conducted once a year.
Noh Areum, head of the ETF Business Division at KB Asset Management, said, "We strengthened our product lineup so that investors can enjoy both the growth of global new-growth industries such as AI, semiconductors, and games, and the stable cash flows of high-dividend stocks at the same time."