Monthly average daily turnover of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds rose by 8.4 per cent to USD1,003m in the week ending 25 January, according to Deutsche Bank.
The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD307m accounting for 30.6 per cent of total turnover.
Assets under management declined 4.8 per cent to USD60.8bn. The largest ETF by AUM is the Topix ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD6.1bn.
There are 201 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 266 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 40.60 per cent of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 48.86 per cent.
There was one new listing in the last week. Kotak Mahindra Asset Management listed one new ETF on the National Stock Exchange.
