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Samsung Active launches Korea-focused stocks and bonds ETF
Samsung Active Asset Management listed a new exchange-traded fund in South Korea on Oct.
27.
The fund combines shares in leading companies by market value with domestic short-term bonds.
Its stock portfolio focuses on the five largest companies by market value and can include up to 10 companies, including potential rising leaders.
The bond portion uses high-quality short-term bonds to seek interest income, with an average duration of about one year to limit sensitivity to interest-rate changes.
The fund is classified as a safe asset for certain retirement plans, and investors can put all their money in it through those plans, personal pensions and individual savings accounts.
The manager said it aims to offer investors focused exposure to leading Korean companies alongside more stable bond income.
Samsung Active Asset Management listed an exchange-traded fund combining leading South Korean stocks and short-term bonds.
The fund focuses its equity investments on the five largest companies by market capitalisation, with up to 10 stocks overall.
It also invests in high-quality domestic short-term bonds and aims to earn interest income.
The fund’s average bond duration is managed at about one year to limit sensitivity to interest-rate changes.
It is classified as a safe asset for certain retirement accounts and can be fully invested in through specified pension and investment accounts.
- Who
- Samsung Active Asset Management launched the fund.
- What
- It listed the KoAct Korea TOP5 Plus Bond Mixed 50 Active ETF, combining South Korean stocks and short-term bonds.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea. The listing venue is not stated.
- Why
- The fund is designed to seek excess returns from leading stocks while pursuing steady returns from domestic short-term bonds.
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- Fund name
- KoAct Korea TOP5 Plus Bond Mixed 50 Active ETF
- Equity allocation focus
- Five largest companies by market capitalisation, with up to 10 stocks
- Bond duration
- About one year
- Eligible accounts
- Retirement and personal pension accounts and ISA accounts
- Retirement classification
- Safe asset for DC and IRP retirement pensions
What people are saying
We will do our best to provide individual and pension investors with steady excess returns by concentrating investment in core stocks among the market-cap leaders driving the Korean market and combining them with stable domestic short-term bonds.