HKEx's ETF Market Expands Further To Cover A Wider Variety Of Markets

Hong Kong's Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) market is expanding further and offering investor more choices as ETFs covering stock markets in Hong Kong, India, Korea and Vietnam, as well as the US, will debut tomorrow (Wednesday, 8 July) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. They will join another ETF from the same fund management company which made its debut last week (details of the six ETFs are in the table below).

The Vietnam-focused ETF will be the first of its kind listed in Hong Kong .

L at est Additions to HKEx ETF Market

Stock Code	Name of ETF	Benchmark index	Listing Date
3036	db x-trackers MSCI Taiwan TRN Index ETF	MSCI Taiwan TRN Index	30 June 2009
3020	db x-trackers MSCI USA TRN Index ETF	MSCI USA TRN Index	8 July 2009
2848	db x-trackers MSCI Korea TRN Index ETF	MSCI Korea TRN Index	8 July 2009
3015	db x-trackers S&P CNX Nifty ETF	S&P CNX Nifty Index	8 July 2009
3007	db x-trackers FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF	FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index	8 July 2009
3087	db x-trackers FTSE Vietnam ETF	FTSE Vietnam Index	8 July 2009

The db x-trackers ETFs are products of the Deutsche Bank Group (DB Group), a major ETF manager in Europe which is cross-listing its ETFs in Hong Kong for the first time. All six db x-trackers' ETFs in the table above have a synthetic structure which allows them to replic at e the performance of the underlying assets. Deutsche Securities Asia Limited, part of the DB Group, is the market maker for the six ETFs.

The addition of the db x-trackers debuting tomorrow will increase the number of ETFs listed on the Exchange to 35. DB Group is the eighth ETF manager to list a fund in Hong Kong .

All ETFs listed on the Exchange, including the six newest listings, are design at ed for market making and for short selling with tick rule exemption. Investors are advised to read the ETFs' prospectuses in full prior to making any investment decisions. Inform at ion on the various risks of ETFs and their structures is available on the HKEx website. ETF market maker obligations and arrangements are also provided on the HKEx website.