The cross-border links with China’s onshore equity market has helped reduce the number of Hong Kong synthetic ETFs investing in the A-share market, according to a recent SFC study.

The cross-border links with China’s onshore equity market has helped reduce the number of Hong Kong synthetic ETFs investing in the A-share market, according to a recent SFC study.
Kuala Lumpur-based I-Vcap Management has launched an ETF in Malaysia that tracks the biggest shariah-compliant companies in the US.
China Universal Asset Management was the last firm in 2017 to announce the delisting of ETFs from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
ETF Connect, the scheme that aims to link the exchange-traded fund markets of Hong Kong and mainland China, is expected to launch by the end of 2018, according to Sally Wong, CEO of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
Actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are among the proposals that Hong Kong’s financial regulator has put forward in its newest three-month consultation process.
FSA compares no fewer than seven China equity ETFs available to Hong Kong investors tracking the same index, the CSI 300.
Mirae Asset Global Investments is delisting another passive product from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, citing unsatisfactory assets.
CSOP Asset Management is delisting a China-focused ETF from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, citing unsatisfactory assets.
Managing a bond ETF requires a different skill-set than an equity ETF due to the high number of issuance in a bond index as well as liquidity, according to Mark Raes, Toronto-based head of product at BMO Exchange Traded Funds.
The firm received a green light from the Securities and Futures Commission to launch two China-focused ETFs, according to the latest records from the regulator.
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