Asia: Tapping the local ETF listings

  Over the last decade, ETF markets have grown rapidly in the US and Europe, but Asia has lagged its Western counterparts. According to BlackRock, the value of ETF assets under management (AUM) in the Asia Pacific region is only $67.9bn compared with $736.3bn in the States and $233.7bn in Europe. But in 2001, Asia excluding Japan already had primary ETF listings valued at $3.7bn. Europe had equivalent assets of $5.7bn.  The European market has grown rapidly in recent years. In the last five years, the size of the market has increased by more than six times as investors have embr...