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Kiwoom to launch ETF focused on MLCC and AI packaging-board firms
Kiwoom Investment Management plans to list a new exchange-traded fund in South Korea on Oct.
13.
The fund will invest in 10 companies listed on global stock markets that are linked to multilayer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, and AI semiconductor packaging boards.
It will track an index that selects companies in these fields.
The four highest-ranked holdings will make up 80% of the fund, with the other six weighted according to their freely traded market value.
Its current largest holdings are Japan's Murata Manufacturing and South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics, each at 25%; Taiyo Yuden and LG Innotek each account for 15%.
The fund gives investors a way to invest in companies connected to components used in electronics and AI semiconductors.
Kiwoom Asset Management said it will list an exchange-traded fund focused on companies linked to MLCCs and AI semiconductor packaging boards on Oct. 13.
The fund will invest in 10 companies listed on global stock markets.
It will allocate 80% of its holdings to the four companies with the highest keyword scores.
Its current largest holdings are Murata Manufacturing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, at 25% each.
Kiwoom said the fund offers investors a way to gain broader exposure to growth in the AI industry.
- Who
- Kiwoom Asset Management is launching the fund.
- What
- It will list an ETF investing in companies related to MLCCs and AI semiconductor packaging boards.
- When
- The announcement was made on Oct. 12, 2026; the ETF is scheduled to list on Oct. 13.
- Where
- The ETF will invest in companies listed on global stock markets. The listing venue is not stated.
- Why
- Kiwoom said the fund could give investors a new option for broader exposure to growth in the AI industry.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This is the first product in Korea's ETF market to present MLCCs and AI boards as core investment themes
It could be a new choice for investors seeking broader exposure to the growth benefits of the AI industry
Kiwoom Asset Management announced that the ETF would list the following day.
The ETF is scheduled to list.
- Fund name
- KIWOOM Global MLCC & AI Board TOP4+
- Number of companies
- 10
- Allocation to top four
- 80% of the fund
- Largest holdings
- Murata Manufacturing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, each at 25%
- Other named holdings
- Taiyo Yuden and LG Innotek, each at 15%
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