Global Market: South Korea accelerates tougher ETF trading rules to curb market volatility

South Korea's Financial Services Commission has moved up the implementation of a 30 million won (about $20,437) cash deposit requirement for retail investors trading single-stock leveraged ETFs to July 31 from the earlier August timeline. The regulator cited heightened market volatility following the late-May launch of leveraged ETFs linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The step is aimed at curbing speculative trading and strengthening investor safeguards in the newly introduced leveraged ETF segment.