(Zug, December 22, 2021) – Qontigo announced today the licensing of the DAX Index to Kiwoom Asset Management. The index will be used as an underlying for an ETF to be listed on the Korea Stock Exchange, a first in the Korean market.
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“While we have seen explosive growth in Korean investors’ interest in assets outside of Korea for the past few years, the investments have been largely focused on either major countries, such as the United States and China, or growth stocks. We have high expectations that the DAX Index, the flagship index representing the German equity market, will provide retail investors with opportunities for diversified portfolios, rather than portfolios heavily over-weighted in a certain country or style.”
Kihyun Kim, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Kiwoom Asset Management
Kim added: “In particular, we are extremely pleased to have partnered with Qontigo and to be receiving their full support—from management and product, to sales and marketing—all of which makes the entire product development process seamless. Starting with the DAX Index, we look forward to bringing innovative and unique investment tools to the Korean market in collaboration with Qontigo.”
“As Qontigo continues to grow the global footprint of the DAX, our collaboration with Kiwoom Asset Management marks an important milestone as the first license to list a DAX ETF in the Korean market. With the DAX, investors can participate in the development of Europe’s largest economy through the defining index for the German equity market covering well-known brands and important sectors, such as automotive, chemicals and engineering. We are thrilled to work with the Kiwoom team on this first initiative and look forward to future collaborations.”
Serkan Batir, Managing Director, DAX at Qontigo
The DAX tracks the performance of the 40 largest companies listed on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that satisfy certain minimum quality and profitability requirements. Constituent selection is based on free-float market capitalization. DAX is primarily calculated as a performance index and is one of the few major country indices that takes dividend yields into account, thus fully reflecting the actual performance of an investment in the index portfolio.
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