The US-China trade dispute, slowing GDP growth and RMB currency concerns have punished A-share ETFs in the first seven months of the year.

The US-China trade dispute, slowing GDP growth and RMB currency concerns have punished A-share ETFs in the first seven months of the year.
Nearly 40% of investors in Greater China have replaced actively-managed funds with smart beta products in the last 12 months, according to Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) survey.
But the relatively complex products may have a hard time gathering assets in Malaysia’s small ETF market.
Hong Kong has only a handful of SFC-registered fixed income ETF products.
All markets in Asia-Pacific saw growth in AUM for ETFs in the first half of 2018, except Hong Kong and Singapore, according to Cerulli Associates.
Affin Hwang and Kenanga Investors are set to take advantage of the new rules that will allow L&I products in Malaysia next year.
Thanks to robust net inflows, China’s ETF market is now second in Asia behind Japan, data from Morningstar shows.
E Fund Management has become the latest manager in Hong Kong to delist a China-focused ETF, according to a Hong Kong Exchange filing.
Mirae Asset Global Investments and CSOP Asset Management are delisting leveraged and inverse ETF products, according to the firms’ filings with the Hong Kong Exchange.
Sunny Leung, head of ETF, indexing and smart beta sales, North Asia, tells FSA what types of fixed income instruments to buy and why he still prefers equities to high yield.
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