Assets invested in ETFs in Asia Pacific ex-Japan reached a new record high of USD132 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2016, according to ETF data provider, ETFGI.
At the end of Q3 2016, the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP industry had 929 ETFs/ETPs, with 1,077 listings from 114 providers listed on 18 exchanges in 14 countries.
In September 2016, Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETFs/ETPs saw net outflows of USD124 million. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with USD391 million, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with USD10 million, while fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with USD115 million.
YTD through end of Q3 2016, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of USD6.46 billion. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of USD2.82 billion, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with USD941 million, while equity ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows YTD of USD857 milion.
In the region, SPDR ETFs is the largest ETF/ETP provider in terms of assets with USD19 billion, reflecting 14.2 per cent market share; HSBC/Hang Seng is second with USD12 billion and 9.4 per cent market share, followed by CSOP/China Southern with USD11 billion and 8.6 per cent market share. The top three ETF/ETP providers, out of 114, account for 32.2 per cent of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP assets.
SPDR ETFs gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in September with USD293 million, followed by Vanguard with USD223 million and Mirae Horizons with USD139 million net inflows.
YTD, Yuanta gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows YTD with USD1.50 billion, followed by CSOP/China Southern with USD1.41 billion and SPDR ETFs with USD1.10 billion net inflows.
