According to Yonhap News Agency and other South Korean media reports, the Korea Financial Services Commission said today that as a supplementary measure to the risk of leveraged ETFs for individual stocks of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the regulatory authorities will suspend the listing of such new products and ban related advertisements. Furthermore, the basic security deposit required to invest in such products will be raised from the current 10 million won to 30 million won. Only cash can be included in the basic security deposit, and fungible security bonds other than cash will no longer be included in the security deposit. Measures to increase basic security deposit requirements are scheduled to be implemented in August. The regulatory authorities will also strengthen the management of ETF premium rates, and tighten securities companies' management standards for premium discount rates from the current 3% to 2%. Furthermore, the investor education required to invest in individual stock leveraged products will be extended from the current 2 hours to 3 hours. The regulatory authorities are also planning to temporarily increase the minimum trading unit for individual stock leveraged products from the current 1 share to 20 shares.

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
According to Yonhap News Agency and other South Korean media reports, the Korea Financial Services Commission said today that as a supplementary measure to the risk of leveraged ETFs for individual stocks of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the regulatory authorities will suspend the listing of such new products and ban related advertisements. Furthermore, the basic security deposit required to invest in such products will be raised from the current 10 million won to 30 million won. Only cash can be included in the basic security deposit, and fungible security bonds other than cash will no longer be included in the security deposit. Measures to increase basic security deposit requirements are scheduled to be implemented in August. The regulatory authorities will also strengthen the management of ETF premium rates, and tighten securities companies' management standards for premium discount rates from the current 3% to 2%. Furthermore, the investor education required to invest in individual stock leveraged products will be extended from the current 2 hours to 3 hours. The regulatory authorities are also planning to temporarily increase the minimum trading unit for individual stock leveraged products from the current 1 share to 20 shares.