[Digital Today reporter Sangyeop Oh] Korea Investment Trust Management said on Sunday that its ACE exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded the biggest gain in market share last year among 28 domestic ETF providers.

The Korea Financial Investment Association put Korea Investment Trust Management's ETF market share at 8.53 percent at end-2025. That is up 0.97 percent from end-2024, the biggest growth among domestic ETF providers.

ACE ETFs have shown steady growth over the past 3 years. Net assets under management for ACE ETFs surged to 25.3505 trillion won at end-2025 from 3.0527 trillion won at end-2022. Market share more than doubled to 8.53 percent from 3.89 percent. Korea Investment Trust Management has launched 54 new products over the past 3 years.

ACE KRX Gold Spot ETF, the country's first physical gold spot ETF launched in 2021, recorded 1.1972 trillion won in net buying by individual investors last year alone. It ranked eighth in annual net buying by individuals among 1,058 ETFs listed in South Korea. Net buying also continued for ACE U.S. S&P 500 ETF (576.0 billion won) and ACE U.S. Nasdaq 100 ETF (451.8 billion won). Over the year, 3.3985 trillion won, about 10 percent of individual net buying in South Korea's ETF market, flowed into ACE ETFs.

Yongsoo Nam, head of the ETF Management Division at Korea Investment Trust Management, said, "In 2025, we introduced dividend and bond-type new products that are suitable for investing in pension accounts, in addition to big tech products, and we have improved existing listed products in ways that help investors." He added, "In 2026, we will do our best to provide products and investment information that help investors."