KB Asset Management will list the RISE Hyundai Motor Fixed Physical AI ETF on May 12. The fund invests in key Hyundai Motor Group affiliates and partner companies expected to benefit from the group’s shift to robotics and artificial intelligence. Its benchmark is the KEDI Hyundai Motor Fixed Physical AI Index, which holds Hyundai Motor at a fixed 25 percent and invests in 14 stocks with high similarity to areas such as autonomous driving, robotics and factory automation.

The focus of global ESG is shifting rapidly toward corporate governance, as shareholder proposals in the United States increasingly target board structure and capital policy. In South Korea, a series of Commercial Act revisions and mandatory treasury share cancellations are strengthening governance rules and raising pressure on major groups. Some companies are moving early to cancel shares, while others are adding exception clauses or reshaping board structures, prompting warnings of longer-term governance risk premiums.