Volatility hurting Asia's struggling bond ETF market
Asian institutions are shunning fixed-income ETFs due to low liquidity and lack of product choice, hampering industry growth. Recent market volatility has exacerbated the situation.
Asian institutional investors are shunning fixed income ETFs listed in the region due to lack of liquidity and product choice, a bad situation made worse by recent market volatility in the wake of US Federal Reserve action.
While asset owners and managers incorporate equity ETFs alongside their actively managed portfolios for short-term, tactical purposes, the same is not true of bond ETFs.
Fixed income ETF products account for just 5% of Asia's entire ETF market, which stood a…
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