Korea’s ETF curbs push leveraged trading overseas
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10833179
- Published
- 2026-08-06 15:08:47
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-06 06:13:07
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
South Korean investors are moving into US leveraged ETFs after tighter domestic rules pushed them away, raising questions over whether efforts to curb speculative trading are shifting risk-taking activity overseas. Trading in locally listed single-stock leveraged and inverse ETFs plunged following financial regulators' introduction of tighter measures on single-stock leveraged ETFs, according to data from the Korea Exchange. The combined trading value of the 16 single-stock leveraged and inverse
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