Asia-Pacific ETP AUM added USD1.9bn and ended at USD99.8bn last week, according to figures released by Deutsche Bank. On a year-to-date basis, Asia-Pacific ETP market is up by USD8.3bn or 9.1% above last year’s closing.
Asia-Pacific ETP turnover totalled USD5.2bn for the last week, 20.7% up from the previous week’s total. South Korea continues to be on top of the turnover ranking with USD1.8bn, followed by China (USD1.3bn), Hong Kong (USD1bn), Japan (USD0.8bn), and Taiwan (USD0.1bn). Among Equity ETFs, Emerging Country, Asia Pac Developed Country, Leveraged Strategy, and Short Strategy ETFs had total turnover of USD2.5bn, USD1.1bn, USD0.9bn and USD0.4bn respectively. Under the Commodity asset class, turnover in Gold ETPs totaled USD74m for the last week.
Last week, three new products were launched in the Asia-Pacific ETP market. Nomura Asset Management listed two ETFs on the Osaka Securities Exchange tracking Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index and Nikkei 225 Inverse Index, respectively. In addition, new entrant, Thanachart Fund Management listed one Gold ETF on The Stock Exchange of Thailand.
