Seoul advances increased cash rules for leveraged ETFs to July 31

Currency dealers talk in front of an electronic board displaying the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and South Korean won and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, June 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 24 Jul 2026 09:42AM SEOUL, July 24 : South Korea's financial regulator said on Friday it is bringing forward the implementation of increased deposit requirement for retail investors to trade single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to July 31 to address market volatility. The Financial Services Commission said that retail investors must maintain a 30 million won ($20,437) cash deposit to trade single-stock leveraged ETFs, which was acceler