Korean brokers, convened by the Korea Financial Investment Association on Tuesday, agreed in principle to tighten investor protections for single-stock leveraged ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. One proposal under discussion would raise minimum margin requirements from 10 mln won to 50 mln won, a fivefold increase aimed at curbing retail leverage. Firms also agreed to add age- and portfolio-targeted risk warnings, step up investor education on product structure and risks, and spre

Korean brokers, convened by the Korea Financial Investment Association on Tuesday, agreed in principle to tighten investor protections for single-stock leveraged ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. One proposal under discussion would raise minimum margin requirements from 10 mln won to 50 mln won, a fivefold increase aimed at curbing retail leverage. Firms also agreed to add age- and portfolio-targeted risk warnings, step up investor education on product structure and risks, and spread rebalancing and hedging trades more evenly across the trading day to reduce end-of-day market impact.