Net asset value of funds posts sharpest increase since 2007: data

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Net asset value of funds posts sharpest increase since 2007: data

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- The value of South Korean investment funds posted the largest on-year increase in 18 years in 2025, driven by an increase in equity investment, data showed Monday.

The net asset value of South Korean investment funds stood at 1,376.3 trillion won (USD$953 billion) as of end-December, up 25.3 percent, or 277.6 trillion won, from a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA).

"The country's fund market posted the sharpest on-year increase since 2007, when the market grew by 31.9 percent on-year, as the net assets of both public and private funds increased," KOFIA said in a press release.

Net assets in equity funds increased 102.5 trillion won during the cited period, while those of bonds grew 42.9 trillion won, according to the data.

Equity funds accounted for 17.2 percent of the entire fund market, up by 5 percentage points compared with the previous year, amid the bullish stock market.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was one of the best-performing stock indexes in the world last year, jumping by more than 75 percent, driven by an artificial intelligence chip rally.

Meanwhile, the net assets of South Korean funds invested overseas came to 504.1 trillion won, up 25.6 percent during the cited period, according to the data.

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