The South Korea Financial Services Commission reported that cumulative sales of the second Public Participation Growth Fund reached about KRW 406 billion over six business days, equal to 67.7% of its KRW 600 billion target. Sixth-day sales rose to approximately KRW 75.8 billion after the lower-income investor priority allocation and online sales limits in place from Sept. 30 through Oct. 7 were removed, improving access across sales channels. Securities firms accounted for KRW 69.7 billion of sixth-day sales, while banks sold KRW 6.1 billion. As of 5 p.m. on Oct. 8, the 10 participating banks had about KRW 102.96 billion remaining and the 14 securities firms had about KRW 91.09 billion remaining, subject to changes from subscription cancellations.