Regulatory Alerts2026-07-16 | 87354Added · Updated
Measures on Single-Stock Leveraged Products (ETFs and ETNs)
New listings of single-stock leveraged products, including inverse and covered call variants, are suspended immediately, and securities firms and asset management companies are prohibited from advertising or marketing already listed products. The minimum deposit requirement for new or additional investments in both domestic and overseas single-stock leveraged products is raised from KRW 10 million to KRW 30 million, calculated solely on cash without counting substitute securities, with the cash-only rule taking effect around August 19. Liquidity providers must tighten premium/discount rate management duties from 3 percent to 2 percent, and the investment watchlist designation process is streamlined to a two-step procedure for ETFs with disparate ratios twice the required level. Prior learning requirements are increased to three hours with a 60 percent passing score, and the minimum trading lot for domestic products is raised from one share to 20 shares by November.