Koreans Pour Record 5.18 Trillion Won Into Mirae's S&P 500 ETF as Kospi Swings
The U.S. index fund became the first Korean-listed ETF to pull in 5 trillion won of retail money in a year, as the Kospi jumped 6% and then fell 3.5%.
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How Much Nvidia Is in Your ETF? From 4.4% of MSCI World to 17.7% of SMH After Huang Exit
Nvidia makes up about 6% of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 funds but almost 18% of VanEck's chip ETF, so Thursday's drop landed very differently in ordinary portfolios.
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India SIP Inflows Hit Record 32,490 Crore Rupees in September as Nifty Slid About 6%
Indian savers bought the dip through monthly mutual fund plans, pushing equity fund inflows up 31% even as debt funds lost 1.83 lakh crore rupees.
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Singapore Equity Funds Draw S$2.2 Billion in Third Quarter, Five Times Last Year's Pace
Morningstar data show local stock funds and an STI tracker gaining from MAS's S$6.5 billion EQDP push, while bond funds bled for a third straight quarter.
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Japan's NISA Tops 30 Million Accounts as Children's Version Opens in January 2027
Savers put 13.8 trillion yen into tax-free accounts in the first half of 2026, and parents can open children's NISA accounts from January.
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India's Mutual Fund Fee Caps Explained: SEBI's 0.95% Base Expense Ratio and What SIP Savers Pay
With monthly SIP flows at a record Rs 32,490 crore, the fee rules behind every rupee matter more. Here is how SEBI's new cost structure works.
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US-Listed or Irish ETFs? How Fund Domicile Changes What Asian Investors Keep
Where an ETF is based can halve the US tax on its dividends for Singapore and Hong Kong investors, but fees, trading hours and fund choice pull the other way.
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Gold Near $3,940 After a Nearly 30% Slide: Bars, ETFs, Bank Accounts and Miners Compared
With bullion well off its January record, the costs and risks of each way to hold gold matter more than the headline price.
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Dollar-Cost Averaging vs. Lump Sum: What Vanguard and Five Years of the Hang Seng Show
Investing all at once beat spreading purchases out 68% of the time in Vanguard's study. Hong Kong's slump years show when averaging still pays.
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Korea Waives 140% Margin-Loan Collateral Rule for 3 Months After Kospi Falls 6%
Brokerages can delay forced sales of stocks bought on credit from Monday. With 28.64 trillion won still borrowed, leveraged retail investors get time, not protection.
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Big Australian Banks Pay Up to 5.40% on One-Year Deposits After RBA Hike to 4.85%
Big-bank 12-month specials now sit above the 10-year government bond yield, but the two products carry different risks for savers who want income.
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India Gold Bond Payout Falls to ₹14,167 a Unit, Down 11.5% From May as Bullion Retreats
Holders of the 2021 tranche still roughly tripled their money, but early-exit prices have slid since the spring as gold came off its record.
