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Banks Offload Risk from Leveraged ETFs With Exotic ‘Crash Puts’

Bloomberg Markets Sunday 02 August 2026, 11:00 UTC By Yiqin Shen 1 min read
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Banks Offload Risk from Leveraged ETFs With Exotic ‘Crash Puts’ Leveraged ETFs that offer the tantalizing prospect of doubling or tripling the daily returns of an individual stock are famously risky for investors who buy them. They’re also proving to be hazardous to market stability in South Korea, where regulators have stepped up curbs on retail investment in them to temper a violent bout of volatility.

Banks Offload Risk from Leveraged ETFs With Exotic ‘Crash Puts’ Leveraged ETFs that offer the tantalizing prospect of doubling or tripling the daily returns of an individual stock are famously risky for investors who buy them. They’re also proving to be hazardous to market stability in South Korea, where regulators have stepped up curbs on retail investment in them to temper a violent bout of volatility.
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