Too many China, too few niche ETFs seen in Asia

Exchange-traded funds, while growing in appeal, still account for a relatively small proportion of most Asian portfolios. One of the challenges to greater adoption seems to be that while investors are looking for more specialised products in the region, many issuers are offering generic products. That was the view of some panellists on Thursday on the second day of the Inside ETFs Asia forum co-organised by AsianInvestor in Hong Kong. “What I tell a lot of ETF issuers is that we…