Hanwha Asset Management announced on the 26th that the total net assets of the "PLUS Global Humanoid Robot Active" ETF (listed fund) exceeded 100 billion won.
According to financial information company FnGuide, the PLUS Global Humanoid Robot Active ETF recorded a total net assets of 108.9 billion won as of the close of the market on the 25th. On the 24th, the rate of return by period based on NAV (net asset value) has been 17.9% since the beginning of the year, 38.2% for three months, and 78.8% for six months.
PLUS Global Humanoid RobotActive is the only active humanoid robot ETF listed in Korea.
Since its listing on April 15 last year, the rate of return has been 111.3%, exceeding about 25 percentage points compared to the underlying index (86.2%) through active management.
Hanwha Asset Management said, "Since December last year, just before the 2026 CES, the world's largest IT and home appliance fair, Hyundai Motor Group companies such as Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Mobis, and Hyundai Glovis have been preemptively incorporated to greatly improve the fund's performance.""The humanoid robot 'Atlas', unveiled by Lee Na-Mix at 2026 CES, has significantly raised the stock prices of humanoid robot-related companies such as Hyundai Motor."
"As the humanoid robot industry has just entered a period of enlightenment, it is important to reflect rapidly changing industrial trends in a timely manner because industrial trends change very rapidly," said Park Chan-woo, PLUS Global Humanoid Robot Active Manager. "We judged CES 2026 as a valuation revaluation junction for the robot sector led by Hyundai Motor and reflected it in our portfolio led to good results."
This product includes leading humanoid robot companies represented by Tesla (US) and Rainbow Robotics (Korea), and materials, parts and equipment companies such as Robotis (Korea), Teledyne (US), Nidek (Japan), and Navtesco (Japan).
"Humanoid robots account for about 66% of the cost of the robot, so it is an area where small-cap companies can be incorporated to produce a lot of excess performance," said Geum Jung-seop, head of Hanwha Asset Management's ETF business division. "The fact that it only selects and contains key small-cap stocks in global countries that are not easy for individuals to discover will greatly contribute to future performance."
