Mirae upgrades international ETF efforts

Mirae Asset Global Investments is doubling down on its bet that exchange-traded funds can restore the Korean investment firm to primacy. First, it is appointing Howard Atkinson as global head of ETF sales and marketing. Second, it is preparing to enter the Japanese market. Over the past few years, at home, Mirae was caught flat-footed by the move by arch-rival Samsung Asset Management into ETFs; Samsung now has a dominant market share, particularly in leveraged and inverse ETFs, belov…