Traditional funds face active ETF challenge

Actively managed exchange-traded funds are not yet widely available across Asia, but when they become so, traditional active fund managers may have to rethink their offerings, say industry experts. Such products have great potential, assuming they can overcome certain challenges, argued participants on a roundtable* hosted this month by AsianInvestor. Active ETFs have taken off in South Korea, with inverse and leveraged funds, for instance, seeing impressive trading volumes. The…