[South Korean Brokerage Firms Discuss Raising Minimum Deposit Requirements for Leveraged Chip Stock ETFs] BlockBeats News, July 15, the Korea Financial Investment Association stated that the CEOs of 10 major asset management companies in the country discussed implementing investor protection measures for leveraged ETFs targeting individual stocks, including raising minimum deposit requirements and diversifying rebalancing transaction times. According to a statement released by the association, participants unanimously agreed on the necessity of increasing the minimum deposit requirement for investing in such leveraged products from the current level of 10 million Korean won ($6,714). They also emphasized the need to strengthen the role of liquidity providers as market stabilizers. The Korea Financial Investment Association, citing data from the Korea Capital Market Institute, noted that since the introduction of related leveraged ETFs, the daily stock trading volume required for rebalancing is estimated to be approximately 700 billion to 2.1 trillion Korean won.