A comparison between Invesco’s active and passive senior loan funds shows that ETFs are not always the cheaper and better alternative.

A comparison between Invesco’s active and passive senior loan funds shows that ETFs are not always the cheaper and better alternative.
Assets in Hong Kong’s ETF industry have grown threefold in the last 10 years, but the market remains small and lacks product diversification, according to Mohamed M’Rabti, Brussels-based head of ETFs at settlement firm Euroclear.
The changing exposure of Hong Kong’s flagship equity ETF to Chinese large cap companies illustrates ever closer financial and economic ties between the territory and the mainland.
Investing across all share classes within the Chinese equities universe will provide more diversification benefits for investors, argues Cyrus Mui, Hong Kong-based head of product research for Asia at Vanguard.
Despite a spate of China ETF delistings in Hong Kong, the firm is about to launch its first China-focused exchange traded fund in Hong Kong.
In the next 12 months, a majority of investors in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan plan to increase their ETF investments, according to a study conducted by Brown Brothers Harriman in partnership with the research firm New Narrative.
Chinese investment banking giant China International Capital Corp (CICC) has launched its first exchange-traded fund in Hong Kong after its acquisition of New York-based Kraneshares last year.
The use of China’s renminbi continues to expand in international transactions as Vanguard allows investors to trade five ETFs in Hong Kong in the currency.
Foreign passive fund specialists plan to launch new ETFs in Hong Kong in expectation of selling them to mainland investors through the ETF Connect, according to John Sin, head of asset servicing for greater China at BNY Mellon.
State-owned China Post Global has applied to launch a China A-shares ETF in Europe, adding to its Market Access range of ETFs on the continent, said the firm’s London-based managing director Danny Dolan.
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