South Korean financial regulators are studying a plan to bring forward a planned
increase in minimum cash margin requirements for single-stock leveraged ETFs
from next month to the end of this month. The move is being advanced after calls
from South Korea's President Lee to expedite supplementary measures for
single-stock leveraged ETFs. The Korea Financial Investment Association on the
21st held a technical meeting with brokers, the Korea Exchange and Koscom IT
staff to discuss implementation. Regulators are still finalising the precise
timing and how the new margin will be applied.
