Samsung Asset Management said on the 29th that KODEX exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ranked No. 1 in net purchases by individual investors this year.
Samsung Asset Management explained that individual net purchases of KODEX ETFs surged this year. The cumulative individual net purchases of KODEX ETFs this year reached 13.5493 trillion won, more than doubling from last year's 6.334 trillion won.
Individual net purchase market share also increased. Last year, KODEX ETFs' individual net purchase share was 32.1%, ranking second in the industry. This year, the individual net purchase share rose to 38.9%, up 6.8 percentage points from a year earlier, to take the No. 1 spot in the industry.
By product, several KODEX offerings ranked high in individual net purchases. The company said seven out of 10 products were KODEX products. Buying flocked to flagship U.S. index products such as KODEX U.S. S&P 500 (1.7232 trillion won) and KODEX U.S. Nasdaq 100 (1.4903 trillion won), as well as KODEX 200 (1.4611 trillion won), which tracks Korea's benchmark index. KODEX 200 Target Weekly Covered Call (1.3149 trillion won) and KODEX U.S. Dividend Covered Call Active (716 billion won), which can defend returns even when the stock market falls and meet demand for dividends, and KODEX Money Market Active (686.2 billion won) also made the top 10 in individual net purchases this year.
Meanwhile, as of October this year, KODEX ETFs surpassed 100 trillion won in net worth. It is an achievement 23 years after launching KODEX 200 in 2002, Korea's first ETF. Net worth, which was around 66 trillion won at the end of last year, increased by 46.9 trillion won in one year, a rapid growth of more than about 70%.
KODEX's current net worth is 113.1 trillion won, ranking No. 1 among all ETF managers with a market share of 38.2%.
Im Tae-hyeok, head of ETF Management at Samsung Asset Management, said, "In 2025, Samsung Asset Management KODEX set a milestone as the first in Korea to reach 100 trillion won in net worth, while once again proving it is the partner investors trust the most," and added, "In 2026, we will continue to proactively launch innovative products in line with investment trends and take the lead in investor education to keep setting the standard for Korea's ETF market."