Exchange-traded funds

Industry executives feel an over-cautious regulatory approach to leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds could ultimately harm the ETF market in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong could see its first leveraged and inverse ETFs list next month, but sources say no applications have been filed in Singapore and that SGX is frustrated by the lack of take-up.

There is a surfeit of traditional China equity exchange-traded funds when investors actually want more specialised products, panellists said at the Inside ETFs Asia forum.

The rise of exchange-traded funds led AsianInvestor to ask experts whether there would be any problems among these vehicles. They offered some interesting insights.

ETF Connect, expected later this year, will allow Chinese and international investors to trade ETFs via Hong Kong. We asked four experts about the likely impact of the programme.

The absence of ETFs that track overseas equities and non-equity assets, such as fixed income and commodities, may limit the attraction to both onshore and offshore institutional investors.

Record-breaking amounts of capital poured into ETFs last year and in the first quarter of 2021. We ask investment experts whether the surge is likely to continue.

Discretionary exchange-traded fund portfolios, commonplace in markets such as the US, are now growing in popularity in this region.

Use of exchange-traded funds remains low in Asia Pacific, according to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s annual Asian ETF survey.

The US exchange-traded funds provider has begun marketing its products to professional and institutional investors in the territory.

UBS Global Asset Management has appointed exchange-traded funds veteran Sammy Yip in a newly created role as it seeks to build out its ETF business.

A panel hosted by AsianInvestor discussed this and other issues around exchange-traded funds, such as how Asian ETFs can move beyond a concentration on China products.