One of the firm’s thematic ETF products has amassed around $150m within the first six months after launch.

One of the firm’s thematic ETF products has amassed around $150m within the first six months after launch.
Since November, six L&I products have been launched in the country, but demand is expected to be low.
Hong Kong’s regulator is responding to the demand for access to the plethora of offshore-listed ETFs.
In total, six fund managers in Hong Kong this year have announced they will be delisting 14 ETFs.
As the ETF market starts to attract investors in China, passive products could face a fee-driven shakeout, according to a local report.
Although there were net outflows in the China onshore fund industry, equity products continue to gain traction, according to a recent report.
China’s nascent ETF market is about 10 years behind the US in development, but on pace to catch up fast, according to JP Morgan Asset Management.
Diversity, liquidity and low costs have driven ETF growth in the US, but take-up is slow in Asia for various reasons, says SSGA’s chairman of global SPDR business.
Acquired by Mirae Asset Global Investments last year, Global X has begun promoting its products in the region.
Chinese regulators have been convincing domestic players to launch more index funds and ETFs, with the aim of institutionalising the stock market.
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