FTSE leads other index providers in Asian ETFs

Paul Hoff is the Tokyo-based Asia-Pacific managing director of index provider FTSE Group. He opened the group's first office in Tokyo in January 2003. He is responsible for FTSE's activities in the whole of the Asia-Pacific region including managing the index provider's regional headquarters in Hong Kong, which started operating in 2001. He oversees business development in the region and works to develop further partnership initiatives in the local financial communities. He also directs the sales, marketing and client services functions for the region. Hoff shares with AsianInvestor his views about the ETF market in Asia and the prospects for growth in this space.