Last year the Hong Kong Stock Exchange HKEX celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (TraHK) its first listing of and ETF; it has grown as a hub for dealing in exchange-traded products (ETPs) within Asia Pacific time-zones, mostly as an institutional market. Individual investors are increasingly using exchange-traded funds, with the proportion increasing from 10% three years ago to over 20% today, and private wealth clients becoming more active users.
Brian Roberts, head of ETPS at the HKEX outlines the steps it has been taking to support the use of ETFs and ETPs for retail and institutional investors, notably by increasingly liquidity supply through support of market makers. #Press Play