A panel hosted by AsianInvestor discussed this and other issues around exchange-traded funds, such as how Asian ETFs can move beyond a concentration on China products.
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UBS Global Asset Management has appointed exchange-traded funds veteran Sammy Yip in a newly created role as it seeks to build out its ETF business.
The German bank sees an opportunity to provide tighter pricing on gold exchange-traded funds in Asia, citing its capabilities in gold spot and futures trading.
China Universal is readying an RQFII ETF, which it says will offer lower management fees than its peers.
Having won regulatory approval on Friday, the US asset manager will be the first to list a dim-sum bond ETF in Hong Kong.
Aberdeen's Donald Amstad says index funds expose investors to bad companies, with the risks more prevalent in emerging markets such as Asia. Vanguard sets out the opposing view.
The bank is seeking to tap current trends by listing five new ETFs in Hong Kong today, including the city's first to track equities in Singapore, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Fubon Asset Management is poised to capture opportunities offered by the opening up of China's interbank bond market and further QFII and RQFII liberalisations.
Noting the great rotation has not even started yet, BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink urges investors to get out of bonds, with the firm having seen inflows of $21 billion into ETFs already this year.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange is preparing to introduce renminbi-denominated ETFs and stocks, indicating that Beijing will grant an RQFII quota to the island soon.
The Philippines is set to finalise rules for locally listed exchange-traded funds soon, and industry players are hoping for domestic and foreign investor buy-in.
SSgA gains approval to allow MPF scheme providers to invest in its gold-backed ETF, just as the price of bullion sinks. Also, Invesco launches a CNH bond fund for its MPF platform.
