Asia has been one of the promising regions over the last several centuries in terms of availability of resources, availability of skilled manpower in terms of its large population, and potential to continuously grow. No wonder by it saw many Europeans setting up shops in local Asian regions to their economic advantage for centuries. To exploit the available potential of this large economic region of the globe, several different variants of exchange-traded funds are available for investment in the Asia economy. Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds (ETF) aim to provide investment exposure to the various stocks that trade in the local stock markets of Asia. Following is the list of all 94 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Asia category:
The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan ETF tracks a market-cap weighted index of Asian stocks, excluding Japan. The fund holds securities from both developed and emerging markets in Asia. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Semi-Annually Dividend History
Category: Asia Pacific Equities
The CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF tracks an index of the 50 largest China A-shares listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: China Equities
The Global X FTSE Southeast Asia ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted and -selected index of the 40 largest and most liquid stocks from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: Asia Pacific Equities
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (ASHR)
The Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF tracks an index of the 300 largest and most liquid Chinese shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The fund holds physical China A-shares. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: China Equities
Xtrackers CSI 300 China A-Shares Hedged Equity ETF (ASHX)
The Xtrackers MSCI A Inclusion Equity ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Chinese A-share equities. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: China Equities
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia ex-Japan ETF (BBAX)
The JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia ex-Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap stocks in developed-market Asian countries, excluding Japan. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Annually Dividend History
Category: Asia Pacific Equities
Many investors across the globe believe in the possibility of better returns that may be realized in future from the Asian markets (and its equities). Other investors may simply want to diversify their holdings to gain overseas exposure and may like to add a partial component of foreign investment for the Asian stocks. Such investors find Asia ETFs an easy, convenient and cost-effective way to take the required trading or long-term investment position in Asian specific stock markets. The ETF fund managers use the capital collected to take suitable positions in the Asian stocks based on the state fund objective and investment criteria defined by the respective ETF. Since a large and diversified pool of ETFs is available that has more than 130 ETFs, one can easily find Asia ETF matching his investment needs. From small-cap, mid-cap to large-cap Asian stocks, from emerging market to developing markets to broad Asia investment, from dividend-paying value ETFs to growth-focused ETFs to blend strategy following ETFs, from long-only long term investment position to short (inverse) and leveraged equity positions, Asian ETFs offer a big wide array to investors. For a more specific list based on the category of investment in Asian businesses through the ETF route, please check the following: - Emerging Asia ETFs - Developed Asia ETFs - Broad Asia ETFs
Additionally, several other similar country-focused ETFs also exist which can be explored for gaining exposure to specific developing nations. They include list of India ETFs, list of Brazil ETFs, list of Mexico ETFs and list of Russia ETFs.
Where do Asia ETFs Invest?
Since this is a category of regionally focused investments, most of the companies are local to developing markets of Asia. They include the following companies: Tencent Holdings Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd., AIA Group Ltd., China Construction Bank Corp., Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China Mobile Ltd., Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd., Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd.