Timefolio Asset Management said on the 22nd that it will list the "TIMEFOLIO Global Top Pick Active" exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the 28th of this month.
The product implements an active EMP strategy in a single ETF that selects and concentrates only on core ETFs showing the strongest momentum now from among complex global asset classes and thousands of ETFs.
Timefolio Asset Management said it expects the ETF to be "the optimal solution for pension investment and asset management," designed so that not only individual investors but also retirement pension accounts such as DC and IRP can easily track the leading trends of global markets in one basket.
The core of management is "momentum-based active selection" and "risk management." The firm continuously monitors a global ETF universe (equity/bond/commodity/theme/quality, value, low-volatility factors, etc.) produced by Timefolio's companywide research system, and quantifies risks such as price momentum, trading value, liquidity, volatility, relative strength, and underlying index composition to prioritize. At the same time, it applied risk guardrails that limit sector and regional concentration.
Timefolio Asset Management also highlighted its usefulness from a pension-investing perspective. In DC and IRP accounts, a single ETF can handle both global strategic allocation and strategy-type stock selection. While minimizing the number of products (ETFs) in the account, it can lower the "cost of asset allocation."
In addition, even with periodic purchases, the portfolio automatically rotates to the latest leading themes, so investors have less need to switch products or worry about the timing of rebalancing in each market phase, according to Timefolio Asset Management.
The investment target is not fixed to a specific country or a single sector. It makes broad use of global megatrends (AI, digital consumption trends, energy, defense), style factors (quality, value, etc.), and regional rotation (the United States, Europe, Japan, emerging markets). In strong rally phases, it swiftly raises the weight of leading sector and theme ETFs, and in periods of heightened volatility, it expands defensive positioning using low-volatility/high-quality, cash-like ETFs, and bonds.
Manager Bae Hyun-ju of Timefolio Asset Management said, "The more complex pensions are, the higher the probability of failure. The Global Top Pick Active ETF solves the two questions of 'what to buy' and 'when to switch' with a single ETF," adding, "We will focus on assets with strong momentum and use the system to manage concentration and volatility to firmly serve as the 'base portfolio' for pension accounts."