How Asian institutions are raising their passive exposure
Asia's asset owners have taken big strides into passive investing since 2010. Hong Kong's Hospital Authority Provident Fund and Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds explain why and how.
Asian investors are slowly following a global trend towards raising their exposure to passive investments, with smaller institutions now seen increasingly making a push in this direction.
BlackRock, which has engaged in a price war with rival Vanguard in recent months, estimates $243 billion was invested into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across Asia Pacific at the end of 2015, while Hong Kong alone boasted $2.24 trillion in overall fund AUM at the end of 2015. BlackRock also took …
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