A roundup of the week’s asset management industry news from mainland publications.
Tag: ETFs
Chinese ETFs see unprecedented capital inflows
While money market ETFs are losing their attractiveness due to near zero interest rates in most parts of the world, they are popular in China as the recent stock rout has investors turning to fixed-income products for safety.
The FSA Spy market buzz 25 Sept 15
Thais are buying alts; MPF funds are drowning; Goldman gets on the ETF bandwagon; rallying cry of the Pangolin; truth in misspeaking at Fund Supermart; Aberdeen is monkeying around; and much more.
Could ETF takeup surge in Asia?
In Asia, ETFs have trouble gathering assets. But Geir Espeskog, managing director of iShares, believes his firm’s Asia AUM could grow 4x over several years, following a pattern in the US.
Nomura to list 3 ETFs in Japan
Nomura Asset Management will list three exchange traded funds on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 24 August.
Asia investors’ ETF appetite growing
Asian institutional investors plan to further raise exposure to passive products over the next year, according to a survey by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.
GF launches A-share ETF
China-based GF International Investment Management said it will launch Asia’s first ETF that tracks the MSCI China A International Index.
Deutsche AWM launches China sovereign bond ETF
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has launched the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the European market to provide investors with exposure to China’s domestic sovereign bond market.
Asia’s ETF assets rise in first half
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.
Asia ‘behind curve’ in use of passive strategies
Global flows into exchange-traded funds may be steadily rising, but ETF usage is lagging among wealthy clients in Asia, according to Roger Bacon, Asia-Pacific head of managed investments at Citi Private Bank.
