According to the fund prospectus, the ETF aims to generate long-term capital growth by investing in stocks of companies actively involved in developing and implementing blockchain technologies. The fund will put its money into blockchain-related research and development companies, data suppliers, industry investment businesses, and other companies. SAMHK's portfolio management staff will oversee the ETF's composition, weeding out companies with "small market capitalization or low trading volume." According to the company, the Samsung Blockchain Technologies ETF is a sub-fund of the Samsung ETFs Trust, a Hong Kong-based umbrella unit trust.
SAMHK describes the new investment product as the first-ever global blockchain-related ETF in Hong Kong and Asia, according to the announcement. SAMHK's head of ETF, Carmen Cheung, noted the growing demand for blockchain-based applications and predicted the industry's future growth, saying:
SAMHK is one of Samsung Asset Management's global subsidiaries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Samsung Group. Samsung Asset Management was one of the first corporations in South Korea to reach the milestone of 100 trillion Korean won ($79 billion) in assets under management in 2011, according to official company data.