Asia ETF News for the Past 3 Months
Hanwha Asset Management Launches Hanwha PLUS China AI Tech Top 10 ETF Tracking the Solactive China AI Tech Top 10 Index
May 13, 2025--Solactive is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Hanwha Asset Management on supporting the launch of the Hanwha PLUS China AI Tech Top 10 ETF, which tracks the Solactive China AI Tech Top 10 Index. This product aims to offer investors timely exposure to China's most prominent technology companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation.
Corporate Sector Vulnerabilities in Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
May 6, 2025--Summary
Hong Kong SAR's corporate sector vulnerabilities appear manageable but have increased in recent years. Local non-real estate firms have seen weakening profitability and lower debt-servicing capacity, reflecting pandemic scarring effects and higher funding costs driven by the hiking cycle of U.S. monetary policy. While, on aggregate, their leverage level and liquidity appear manageable, there is high heterogeneity across firms, with smaller listed firms appear to be more vulnerable.
ETF Monthly Trading Value via "CONNEQTOR" Reach Record 300 billion JPY
May 1, 2025--Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") launched CONNEQTOR service, a RFQ (Request for Quote) platform, in February 2021 with the aim of improving liquidity in the ETF market.
NFO Alert: Mirae Asset Mutual Fund launches Nifty50 Equal Weight ETF
April 30, 2025--Mirae Asset Mutual Fund has launched the New Fund Offer (NFO) for the Mirae Asset Nifty50 Equal Weight ETF, an open-ended scheme replicating/tracking the Nifty50 Equal Weight Total Return Index. According to a release by the fund house, the ETF aims to offer investors equal-weighted exposure across all Nifty 50 stocks.
