ETFGI reports assets invested in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETFs and ETPs industry reach a new high of US$191 Bn at the end of November 2018

ETFGI reports assets invested in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETFs and ETPs industry reach a new high of US$191 Bn at the end of November 2018
LONDONDecember 27, 2018 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) gathered net inflows of US$6.17 Bn during November. Total assets invested in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry increased 5.69% during November, from US$181 Bn at the end of September, to US$191 Bn, according to ETFGI’s November 2018 Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Highlights
  • Total Assets in ETFs and ETPs listed in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) increased 5.69% to record high of $191 Bn in November.
  • Net new assets gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) were $6.17 Bn in November.
  • Most countries in the region saw strong positive inflows, with Taiwan and South Korea leading.
 
“While trade talks continue to make noise in the headlines, the very real prospect of slowing global growth appears to be filtering into market sentiment. A seemingly more reposed approach to monetary policy along with the China-US trade truce provided enough of a tailwind to lift US markets to finish in the green by the end of November, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.04% over the month bringing the year-to-date gain to 5.11%. Apart from the Eurozone, where various domestic issues continue to dominate, most developed markets closed the month with marginal gains, the S&P developed ex-US BMI was up 0.17% in November with year-to-date declines of 9.66%. EM and Frontier markets bounced back from the October fall, finishing up 4.61% and 1.94% respectively, softening year-to-date declines to 11.15% and 8.95%”  according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.

At the end of November 2018, the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP industry had 1,379 ETFs/ETPs, with 1,532 listings, assets of $191 Bn, from 139 providers listed on 17 exchanges. Following net inflows of $6.17 Bn and market moves during the month, assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) increased by 5.69%, from $181 Bn at the end of October 2018, to $191 Bn.

Growth in the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP assets as of the end of November 2018


Equity-based ETFs/ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) attracted net inflows of $3.85 Bn in November, growing net inflows for 2018 to $32.32 Bn, substantially greater than the $1.11 Bn in net inflows at this point last year. Fixed Income ETFs and ETPs listed in The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) saw net inflows of $1.89 Bn, bringing net inflows for 2018 to $10.73 Bn, greater than the $720 Mn in net inflows at this point last year. 

A large proportion of inflows during November can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs/ETPs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $5.68 Bn. The SSE 10 Year Term Local T Bond ETF Fund
(511270 CH) gathered $780 Mn, the largest net inflow in November. 

Top 20 ETFs/ETPs by net new assets November 2018: The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan)
 
Name Ticker Assets
(US$ Mn)
 Nov-18
ADV
(US$ Mn)
Nov-18
NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2018
NNA
(US$ Mn)
Nov-18
SSE 10 Year Term Local T Bond ETF Fund 511270 CH 780 0 780 780
Samsung KODEX 200 ETF 069500 KS 5,759 142 374 693
Samsung KOSPI Short Strangle 5% OTM ETN 60 530060 KS 454 0 454 454
Xtrackers S&P 500 UCITS ETF - 1C K6K SP 5 0 864 393
Mirae Asset TIGER 200 ETF 102110 KS 2,780 43 300 307
iShares Core MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index ETF 3010 HK 1,201 0 343 281
iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF 2823 HK 3,099 82 (336) 259
Yuanta US 20+ Year AAA-A Corporate Bond ETF 00751B TT 265 0 267 253
Capital BofA ML 15+ Y US Bank ETF 00724B TT 1,029 2 967 243
China CSI 500 ETF 510500 CH 4,884 205 3,523 231
Capital Ice 15+ US Emerging Markets ETF 00756B TT 276 0 244 196
Capital BofA ML 15+ Y US Tech & Elect ETF 00723B TT 1,005 2 976 195
CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF 82822 HK 2,215 2 (270) 195
Guotai SSE 180 Financial Index 510230 CH 933 4 437 188
NH QV KOSPI 5% Short strangle OTM ETN 56 550056 KS 181 0 181 181
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF 510330 CH 3,368 39 1,435 179
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF 83188 HK 1,576 2 343 176
Polaris Taiwan Top 50 ETF 0050 TT 2,169 23 954 166
Yuanta/P-shares CSI 300 2X Bull ETF 00637L TT 1,486 77 883 154
KB KStar KOSPI 200 ETF 148020 KS 1,275 12 451 150
 
 
Investors have tended to invest in core, market cap and lower cost ETFs in November.
 
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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. 

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Past awards for Ms Fuhr include she was the recipient of the 100 Women in Finance 2017 European Industry Leadership Award, the 2014 William F. Sharpe Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the field of index investing and she named one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Finance” by Financial News over several years, most recently in 2016. 
 
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