In February 2013, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) listed in the Asia Pacific ex-Japan had net inflows of $1.3 billion US dollars, according to new research published in the latest ETFGI Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF and ETP industry insights. ETFGI won the Best ETF Research award in 2012 in the ETF Express awards announced on February 28th in London.
In February 2013, ETFs and ETPs saw net outflows of US$1.32 billion. Equity ETFs and ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$1.2 billion, followed by leveraged ETFs and ETPs with US$255 million, and commodity ETFs and ETPs with US$41 million, while inverse ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$129 million.
Year to date through end of February 2013, ETFs and ETPs have seen net inflows of US$780 million. Equity ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$571 million, followed by leveraged ETFs and ETPs with US$149 million, and fixed income ETFs and ETPs with US$128 million, while commodity ETFs and ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$39 million.
In February 2013, equity ETFs and ETPs saw net outflows of US$1.2 billion. Emerging market equity ETFs and ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$1.4 billion, while developed Asia Pacific equity ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$160 million.
Fixed income ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of US$79 million. Emerging market bond ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$41 million, followed by government bond ETFs and ETPs with US$18 million, and high yield ETFs and ETPs with US$16 million, while broad/aggregate ETFs and ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$3 million.
The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF and ETP industry had 433 ETFs and ETPs, with 555 listings, assets of US$92 billion, from 92 providers on 14 exchanges at the end of February 2013.
Mirae gathered the largest net ETF/ and ETP inflows in February with US$265 million, followed by HSBC/Hang Seng with US$177 million and SPDR ETFs with US$123 million net inflows.
