Hong Kong-based Premia Partners intends to launch four Asia smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) by the end of the year.

Hong Kong-based Premia Partners intends to launch four Asia smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) by the end of the year.
Assets in ESG ETF products globally have almost doubled since 2016, but not one of the products is authorised for sale in Greater China.
With the market for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) seemingly skewed towards a handful of large, global issuers, do small players have a chance of creating a meaningful business in this space?
Asia’s ETF inflows set a record high during the first seven months and Korea- and China-listed ETFs gathered the most assets, according to data from ETFGI.
In 2016, Asia-Pacific ex-Japan ETF/ETP assets reached a record high of $135bn, but the region’s share only accounts for 4% of the industry’s global assets, according to ETFGI.
Assets invested in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products listed across the globe reached a record high of $3.2trn at the end of June, according to ETFGI.
Exchange traded products listed in Japan have attracted record net new assets in the first seven months of the year, driven by inflows in equity ETFs, according to ETFGI.
The assets under management of exchange traded funds and products listed in Asia-Pacific ex-Japan rose by 4.3% to $123bn during the first half of the year, according to ETFGI.
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