Monthly average daily turnover of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds rose 14.2 per cent to USD993m during the week ending 7 May, according to research by Deutsche Bank.
The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD204m accounting for 20.5 per cent of total turnover.
Assets under management declined 2.9 per cent to USD61.0bn. The largest ETF by AUM is the Topix ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD6.5bn.
There are 216 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 303 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 42.72 per cent of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 36.05 per cent.
There was one new listing during the week. Hyundai Investments listed one new sector ETF on the Korea Stock Exchange.
