ETFGI reports record year for ETFs and ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan with greatest ever annual increase in invested assets of 34.8 billion US dollars during first 11 months of 2017

LONDON — December 21, 2017 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) increased by a record US$34.8 billion during the first 11 months of 2017, the greatest annual increase on record, to reach a new high of US$164 billion at the end of November.

 

According to ETFGI’s November 2017 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in ETFs and ETPs increased by 26.9%, from $130 Bn at the end of 2016. With one month of 2017 still to go the increase of $34.8 Bn almost trebled growth of $12.5 Bn for the whole of 2016, and eclipsed the previous record of $31.8 Bn for the whole of 2012.

 

 

The top 100 ETFs/ETPs, out of 1,171, account for 78.2% of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP assets at the end of November 2017, and 30 ETFs/ETPs had greater than US$1 Bn in assets. Just 20 of the top ETFs by assets accounted for 48.1% of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF assets. The largest ETF, Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (TraHK) (2800 HK), on its own accounted for 7.7% of ETF assets.

 

Top 20 ETFs by assets: Asia Pacific (ex-Japan)

 

Name

Country listed

Ticker

Assets
(US$ Mn)
 Nov-17

ADV
(US$ Mn)
Nov-17

NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2017

Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (TraHK)

Hong Kong

2800 HK

12,348

151.5

(1,159)

Hang Seng Index ETF

Hong Kong

2833 HK

7,142

2.8

(330)

ChinaAMC China 50 ETF

China

510050 CH

5,582

275.7

144

Samsung KODEX 200 ETF

South Korea

069500 KS

5,453

346.3

72

Hang Seng H-Share Index ETF

Hong Kong

2828 HK

4,605

125.8

(2,256)

ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund

Hong Kong

2821 HK

4,004

0.1

60

iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF

Hong Kong

2823 HK

3,971

95.4

(970)

CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF

Hong Kong

82822 HK

3,290

148.9

(151)

CCB Cash TianYi Traded Money Market Fund

China

511660 CH

3,011

328.0

1,857

Shanghai SSE180 ETF

China

510180 CH

2,982

5.4

(65)

Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF

China

510300 CH

2,860

103.6

(363)

ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF

China

510330 CH

2,822

3.1

(159)

Harvest CSI 300 Index ETF

China

159919 CH

2,726

9.5

(447)

China CSI 500 ETF

China

510500 CH

2,724

35.7

140

SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund

Australia

STW AU

2,658

8.7

153

YUANTA/P-shares Taiwan Top 50 1X Bear ETF

Taiwan

00632R TT

2,381

21.6

311

BHARAT 22 ETF

India

BHART22 IN

2,319

102.1

2,335

Mirae Asset TIGER 200 ETF

South Korea

102110 KS

2,110

69.0

(77)

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF

Australia

VAS AU

2,000

5.9

506

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Australia

IVV AU

1,904

6.8

166

 

ICICI Prudential gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows YTD with $2.32 Bn, followed by Vanguard with $2.20 Bn and CCB with $1.87 Bn net inflows.

 

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About ETFGI

ETFGI is an independent research and consultancy firm launched in 2012 in London offering consulting services and paid for research subscription services. Our service is the only global offering of monthly reports covering each region of the world where ETFs, ETPs are listed, a monthly directory and monthly fact sheets along with a database covering all global products plus you receive insights from us.

 

Previously Deborah Fuhr served as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy and as a managing director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors from 2008 – 2011. She also worked as a managing director and head of the investment strategy team at Morgan Stanley in London from 1997 – 2008, and as an associate at Greenwich Associates.

 

She has been working with investors, ETF, ETP providers, index providers, exchanges, MMs and APs, regulators, trade associations, custodians, law firms, accounting firms around the world since 1997. ETFGI is honored to count as our research and consulting clients some of the leading firms in the ETF Ecosystem around the world as well as some new entrants and firms that are considering entering the ETF, ETP industry.

 

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