Why Korea's new leveraged ETFs are under scrutiny

South Korea's financial regulator has launched a fact-finding review of newly listed single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tied to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix after signs of unusually heavy trading raised questions about how the products generated more than 10 trillion won ($6.65 billion) in turnover on their first day. According to industry sources Monday, the Financial Supervisory Service recently contacted several brokerages acting as liquidity providers, or LPs, and asset manager

By The Korea Herald