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 |
ADV |
NNA |
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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