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2026-07-15 14:10:11
[South Korean media: Brokerages plan to tighten rules on leveraged ETFs, minimum margin may be raised fivefold to 50 million won] (1) According to the Korea Herald, the South Korean brokerage industry has agreed to tighten investor protection rules for single-stock leveraged ETFs. The Financial Investment Association convened an emergency meeting of CEOs of major brokerages on Tuesday to assess the market situation of leveraged ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix and to discuss countermeasures. (2) The participating institutions agreed in principle to raise the minimum margin requirement. The current proposal under discussion is to raise the threshold from 10 million won to 50 million won (a fivefold increase) to curb excessive use of leverage by retail investors. At the same time, all parties agreed to provide more targeted risk warnings based on investors' age and portfolio situation and to strengthen investor education. (3) The industry also agreed to distribute rebalancing and hedging transactions more evenly throughout the trading session to reduce market shocks caused by concentrated buying and selling before the close.
