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.
Tag : exchange-traded funds
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 US exchange-traded funds provider has begun marketing its products to professional and institutional investors in the territory.
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Discretionary exchange-traded fund portfolios, commonplace in markets such as the US, are now growing in popularity in this region.
The change comes as Deutsche Bank combines its asset management arm with its private wealth business in a restructuring and rebranding exercise.
The question remains, however, as to whether Joseph Ho will stay with BlackRock once it acquires Credit Suisse’s ETF business.
The bank's db X-trackers unit is set to launch a suite of physically backed ETFs, but says its aim has always been to provide a supermarket selection and the move is not solely related to flows.
Samsung Asset Management predicts Korea’s ETF market will more than double in size within three years.
The city's stock exchange moves to allow more than one ETF manager to track the same index to foster greater competition and sustainable market growth.
The SFC has just authorised two sets of synthetic ETFs after a gap of a year-and-a-half, suggesting it is ready to approve such products again after a bout of regulatory tightening.
Sources suggest the fund manager in question is Lyxor, which has just seen the departure of ETF sales and marketing executive Christine Huang.
Xu Zhiyan of Hua An tells a conference that while ETFs are being launched in China, subscription levels are low and trading volumes are diminishing. He advocates more education.
