Industry execs flag issues with launching ETFs

Investors want to see new types of exchange-traded funds listed in Hong Kong – such as sector and small-/mid-cap products, but ETF providers need to be able to trade the appropriate underlying assets, note market participants – and that’s not always easy. “[ETF] issuers should be working towards creating more diversity in the product suite,” Warren Deats, Hong Kong-based director of delta-one trading at Merrill Lynch, speaking at a roundtable* hosted by index provider China Exchan…