Korean ETF market: $26 billion by 2015?

Samsung Asset Management forecasts that Korea’s market for exchange-traded funds will more than double in size to $26 billion by the end of 2015, from around $12 billion today. This week the firm is celebrating the 10th anniversary of launching its Kodex ETF series, which were the country's first ETF products. Samsung sees its own ETF business also doubling to over $13 billion in the same period, from $6.2 billion. Bae Jae-Kyu, CIO and managing director of Samsung AM’s ETF busin…