Asia ETF News for the Past Year
KB Asset Management to Launch KB RISE US Natural Gas Value Chain ETF Tracking the Solactive US Natural Gas Value Chain Index
April 22, 2025- Solactive is pleased to continue its partnership with KB Asset Management with the upcoming launch of KB RISE US Natural Gas Value Chain ETF, tracking the Solactive US Natural Gas Value Chain Index. This ETF offers investors a comprehensive approach to the US natural gas sector, providing exposure to companies operating across the entire natural gas value chain, from production to infrastructure and export.
As natural gas plays an increasingly central role in the global energy transition, the sector continues to attract the attention of investors worldwide. In 2024, global gas demand is expected to increase by approximately 2.8%, significantly outpacing the average growth rate for the decade, driven primarily by rising consumption in Asia. With long-term LNG demand bolstered by global energy security concerns and decarbonization efforts, investment in gas infrastructure, such as pipelines and LNG terminals, has accelerated. The United States has made decade-long investments in LNG facilities, reaffirming the strategic importance of natural gas in energy portfolios.
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Source: Solactive AG
India's retail stock investors keep faith despite foreign outflows
April 21, 2025--Rise in passive funds and long-term investments shows country's burgeoning equity culture
Growing up in New Delhi, 38-year-old health worker Nausheen Zaidi said her parents invested in fixed deposits, life insurance and land.
But after her husband introduced her to the stock market in 2012, Zaidi started small there, putting money into mutual funds, later investing Rs30,000 ($350) during the pandemic and "tasted blood", she recalls. Her investments have quadrupled in value since, Zaidi says, and she carries on dividing her monthly savings between mutual funds and equities.
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Source: ft.com
Indxx Licenses India Digital Select 5 NTR Index & India Large-Cap Growth Select 5 NTR Index to KB Securities in Korea
April 11, 2025-Indxx is pleased to announce the licensing of its Indxx India Digital Select 5 NTR Index and Indxx India Large-Cap Growth Select 5 NTR Index to KB Securities as the underlying benchmarks for two funds. The KB India Digital Select 5 ETN (Ticker: KRG580000674) and KB India Large-Cap Growth Select 5 ETN (Ticker: KRG580000666), which track the Indxx India Digital Select 5 NTR Index and Indxx India Large-Cap Growth Select 5 NTR Index, respectively, began trading on the Korea Exchange today.
The Indxx India Digital Select 5 NTR Index tracks the performance of Top 5 Indian companies that focus on digital transformation across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, travel booking, online food delivery and education.
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Source: fox59.com
11 new passive funds tracking Nifty Indices launched in Japan and Korea in FY 2024-25
April 8, 2025-In FY 2024-25, a total of 11 new passive funds (exchange traded funds and index funds) tracking Nifty Indices were launched in Japan and Korea. Of these, 9 funds track the Nifty 50 Index, while one tracks the Nifty India Corporate Group Index-Tata Group 25% and another tracks the Nifty Midcap 50 Index.
Presently, there are around 33 passive funds tracking Nifty Indices outside India with a total AUM of USD 4.3 billion. These products have been launched by large global asset managers.
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Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
Korea's Rapid Aging Doesn't Have to Be Economic Destiny
April 3, 2025--Boosting AI adoption, increasing labor participation, and allocating resources more efficiently can help offset the economic drag from an aging population
Strong economic fundamentals and sound macroeconomic policies have helped the Korean economy through multiple shocks in recent years. However, potential growth has slowed more quickly than in other major advanced economies, and the economic expansion is likely to moderate this year.
The country also is aging more rapidly than almost all others. That's likely to reduce the labor supply and weigh on investment demand, further lowering growth and diminishing living standards. Aging could shrink the labor force by more than a quarter by 2050, leading to an average annual decline of 0.67 percentage point in potential growth, according to our latest Article IV report.
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Source: IMF
Japan: 2025 Article IV Consultation
April 2, 2025-Summary
After three decades of near-zero inflation, signs are growing that Japan's economy is reaching a new equilibrium with inflation sustained at the Bank of Japan's 2 percent headline inflation target.
But Japan continues to face challenges, including from its aging population and high public debt.
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Source: IMF.org
Spotlight on STAR Market Amid Tech-driven Rise in China
April 2, 2025-- As of March 31, China's technology sector has demonstrated exceptional resilience and growth, underscored by the strong performance of key indices such as the STAR AI Index and the STAR Growth Index, recording year-to-date increases of 18% and 12%, respectively.
The STAR market's growing prominence has sparked significant interest among fund managers, with over 30 fund companies now offering STAR market-related index products. Among these, E Fund Management ("E Fund"), the largest mutual fund manager in China, has emerged as a leader in this space.
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Source: E Fund Management
HashKey Group and Bosera Launch World's First Tokenised Money Market ETF
March 28, 2025-The newly launched Money Market ETF will pioneer the integration of traditional finance and blockchain technology
HashKey Group ("HashKey"), a leading end-to-end digital asset financial services group in Asia, and Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Limited ("Bosera") today announce the launch of the tokenised money market ETFs, Bosera HKD Money Market ETF (Tokenised Class) and Bosera USD Money Market ETF (Tokenised Class), which have been approved by Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and will be formally launched in April.
The ETFs are one of the use cases in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKM's) Project Ensemble Sandbox, which explores innovative tokenisation of real-world assets (RWAs).
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Source: HashKey Group
Southeast Asia's Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms
March 25, 2024--Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.
Southeast Asia's major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades.
The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global integration and prudent policymaking. Vietnam now enjoys an income level that's 11 times higher than in 2000. Building on such gains to close the region's gap with high-income countries-an ambition for many seeking to break from the so-called middle-income trap-while challenging, is in reach.
