Korea’s chip-driven rally fuels global ETF appetite

Hong Kong's CSOP Asset Management is preparing to roll out more exchange-traded funds tracking South Korean equities later this year, as a relentless rally in Seoul fuels global demand for exposure to Asia's best-performing major market.

CSOP is working to list an ETF tracking the Kospi 200 index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the second half of this year, industry reports showed Sunday.

The product would mark the first overseas-listed ETF tracking Korea's blue-chip index, giving offshore in ...