List of Developed Asia ETFs: FKnol.com

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Developed Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds (ETF) are the ETFs which pool in money from its investors and use the capital to take investment positions in stocks, and other financial instruments, of the businesses headquartered in the developed countries of the Asian region. Additionally, such ETFs may also invest in those companies which are generating a major part of their revenue and earnings from developed Asia-based operations. For instance, Toyota and Honda are listed in the American stock markets, but are primarily based in Japan which is considered to be an Asian financial powerhouse and a developed market economy of Asia. Such stocks and companies qualify for investing by the Developed Asia Pacific ETFs.
One can find high dividend paying value ETFs for Asia, growth focused ETFs, as well as blend ETFs for the region.
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
- Broad Asia ETFs
- Full Range of Asia ETFs
Following is the list of all 47 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Developed Asia category:

All Developed Asia ETFs

List of All Developed Asia ETFs

Ticker	Name	Short Description	Expense Ratio	No. of Holdings	Dividend Frequency	Category
FLAU	Franklin FTSE Australia ETF	The Franklin FTSE Australia ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Australian large- and midcap stocks. ...Full Details	0.09%	97 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
FLHK	Franklin FTSE Hong Kong ETF	FLHK offers market-cap-based exposure to large- and midcap Hong Kong equities ...Full Details	0.09%	89 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
FLKR	Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF	FLKR tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap South Korean companies. ...Full Details	0.09%	133 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
IPAC	iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF	The iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of developed Pacific securities. ...Full Details	0.1%	931 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
VPL	Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF	The Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index, a market-cap weighted index of securities in the developed markets of the Pacific region. ...Full Details	0.1%	966 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
ZHOK	SPDR Solactive Hong Kong ETF	The SPDR Solactive Hong Kong ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Hong Kong stocks. ...Full Details	0.14%	59 Full List	Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
BBAX	JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia ex-Japan ETF	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. ...Full Details	0.19%	167 Full List	Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
FLTW	Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF	FLTW tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Taiwanese companies. ...Full Details	0.19%	89 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
ENZL	iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF	The iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of equity securities in the top 99% of the New Zealand equity market. ...Full Details	0.49%	32 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EPP	iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF	The iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of companies in the Pacific region, excluding Japan. The fund primarily holds companies from Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. ...Full Details	0.49%	178 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EWA	iShares MSCI-Australia ETF	The iShares MSCI Australia ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Australian stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, excluding most small-caps. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.49%	85 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EWH	iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF	The iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.49%	60 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EWS	iShares MSCI Singapore ETF	The iShares MSCI Singapore ETF tracks a market-cap weighted index of Singaporean firms, covering top 85% of the market subjected to diversification requirements. ...Full Details	0.49%	27 Full List	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
DVYA	iShares Asia-Pacific Dividend ETF	The iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend 30 Fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of 30 of the highest-dividend-yielding companies in the Asia-Pacific region. ...Full Details	0.49%	38 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
HAUD	iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Australia ETF	The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Australia ETF tracks an index of large- and midcap Australian stocks, hedged against movements in the Australian dollar for US investors. ...Full Details	0.52%	2	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
HEWY	iShares Currency Hedged MSCI South Korea ETF	The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI South Korea ETF tracks an index of large- and midcap South Korean stocks, hedged against movements in the won for US investors. ...Full Details	0.61%	2	Semi-Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EWT	iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF	The iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF tracks an index of Taiwanese firms, covering the top 85% of the market and weighted by market cap subjected to diversification requirements. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.62%	94 Full List	Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
EWY	iShares MSCI South Korea ETF	The iShares MSCI South Korea fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Korean firms. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.62%	118 Full List	Annually	Asia Pacific Equities
FKO	First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX Fund	The First Trust South Korea AlphaDex fund tracks an index of South Korean firms screened using a proprietary methodology and weighted equally in tiers. ...Full Details	0.8%	51 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
FAUS	First Trust Australia AlphaDEX Fund	The First Trust Australia AlphaDex Fund aims to outperform passive index funds by using a quantitative model to select securities from the S&P Australia BMI Index. ...Full Details	0.8%	41 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
FHK	First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fund	The First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDex fund tracks an index of Hong Kong and Chinese firms screened using a proprietary process focused on growth and value metrics and weighted in tiers. ...Full Details	0.8%	41 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
RFAP	First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF	The First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF is an actively-managed fund that seeks capital appreciation from developed Asia-Pacific stocks selected using a factor approach. The manager has discretion to currency-hedge up to 100% of the portfolio. ...Full Details	0.83%	123 Full List	Quarterly	Asia Pacific Equities
SCIX	Global X Scientific Beta Asia ex-Japan ETF	The Global X Scientific Beta Europe ETF tracks an index that provides a multifactor approach to investing in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. ...Full Details	0.38%	121 Full List	Annually	Hedge Fund
SCIJ	Global X Scientific Beta Japan ETF	The Global X Scientific Beta Japan ETF tracks an index that provides a multifactor approach to investing in the 500 largest Japanese stocks. ...Full Details	0.39%	233 Full List	Annually	Hedge Fund
FLJH	Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF	The Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap companies in Japan. The fund is currency hedged for USD-based investors. ...Full Details	0.09%	514 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
FLJP	Franklin FTSE Japan ETF	The Franklin FTSE Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-selected and -weighted index of Japanese equities. ...Full Details	0.09%	516 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
JPN	Xtrackers Japan JPX-Nikkei 400 Equity ETF	The Xtrackers Japan JPX-Nikkei 400 Equity ETF tracks an index of 400 Japanese companies that rank highest in profitability and capital efficiency. ...Full Details	0.09%	256 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
ZJPN	SPDR Solactive Japan ETF	The SPDR Solactive Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Japanese stocks. ...Full Details	0.14%	328 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
BBJP	JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF	The JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Japanese large- and midcap stocks. The fund covers roughly 85% of the investable universe of equity securities traded in Japan. ...Full Details	0.19%	385 Full List	Annually	Japan Equities
GSJY	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity ETF	The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity ETF tracks an index of Japanese large- and midcap equities, with equal weights to each of 4 factor buckets and stocks within each bucket weighted by a factor score. ...Full Details	0.25%	315 Full List	Quarterly	Japan Equities
HFXJ	IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan ETF	The IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Japan ETF tracks a vanilla index of large- and midcap companies located in Japan. About half the fund’s yen exposure is hedged into US dollars. ...Full Details	0.3%	521 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
JPMV	iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Japan ETF	The iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Japan ETF tracks an index of Japan equities selected and weighted to create a low-volatility portfolio subject to constraints including sector exposure. ...Full Details	0.3%	190 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
DDJP	WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Japan Equity Fund	The WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Japan Equity ETF tracks an index of dividend-paying Japanese stocks, weighted by cash dividends. The index dynamically hedges currency exposure for USD investors. ...Full Details	0.43%	370 Full List	Quarterly	Japan Equities
DBJP	Xtrackers MSCI Japan Currency-Hedged Equity Fund	The Xtrackers MSCI Japan Currency Hedged Equity ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Japanese stocks. The fund is hedged against Japanese yen currency fluctuations. ...Full Details	0.46%	288 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
DXJ	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund	The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF tracks an exporter-focused, dividend-weighted index of Japanese stocks. The fund is hedged for currency fluctuations between the US dollar and Japanese yen. ...Full Details	0.48%	267 Full List	Quarterly	Japan Equities
HJPX	iShares Currency Hedged JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF	The iShares Currency Hedged JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF tracks a currency-hedged version of the JPX-Nikkei 400 Index, a market-capitalization-weighted index of Japanese companies. ...Full Details	0.48%	2	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
JPXN	iShares JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF	The iShares JPX-Nikkei 400 ETF tracks a market-capitalization-weighted index of Japanese companies selected by fundamental and qualitative attributes. ...Full Details	0.48%	414 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan ETF	The iShares MSCI Japan ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Japanese stocks. The fund covers roughly 85% of the investable universe of securities traded in Japan. ...Full Details ...Candlestick Patterns.	0.49%	365 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
HEWJ	iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF	The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF tracks an index of large- and midcap Japanese stocks, while fully hedging out its exposure to the yen relative to the US dollar. ...Full Details	0.49%	2	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
SCJ	iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap ETF	The iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of small-cap Japanese stocks. It covers stocks traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with a market cap between $0.2 billion and $1.5 billion. ...Full Details	0.49%	936 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
DFJ	WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend	The WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund tracks an index of dividend-paying Japanese small-cap stocks. Companies are weighted in the index based on cash dividends paid over the past calendar year. ...Full Details	0.58%	771 Full List	Quarterly	Japan Equities
DXJS	WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund	The WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity ETF tracks a dividend-weighted index of Japanese small-cap stocks. The fund is hedged for currency fluctuations between the US dollar and Japanese yen. ...Full Details	0.58%	780 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
FJP	First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund	The First Trust Japan AlphaDex Fund tracks an tiered equal-weighted index of Japanese equities selected using a quantitative model. ...Full Details	0.8%	98 Full List	Semi-Annually	Japan Equities
EWV	UltraShort MSCI Japan ProShares	The ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan ETF provides 2x inverse exposure to the MSCI Japan Index, which covers 85% of the float-adjusted market cap of the Japanese equity market. ...Full Details	0.95%	364	Quarterly	Leveraged Equities
EZJ	ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan	The ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan ETF provides 2x leveraged exposure to the MSCI Japan Index, a market-cap weighted index which covers 85% of the float-adjusted market cap of the Japanese equity market. ...Full Details	0.95%	364	Quarterly	Leveraged Equities
JPNL	Direxion Daily Japan Bull 3x Shares	The Direxion Daily MSCI Japan Bull 3X shares seeks 3x the daily performance of the MSCI Japan Index, which covers 85% of the float-adjusted market cap of the Japanese equity market. ...Full Details	1.21%	2	Quarterly	Leveraged Equities
KORU	Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares	The Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares provides 300% daily leveraged exposure to a cap-weighted index of large- and midcap South Korean companies. ...Full Details	1.28%	2	Quarterly	Leveraged Equities

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How the Developed Asia Pacific ETFs Work?

Being the biggest and the most populous regions of the globe, Asia is home to several big businesses. While many reputed business are family-owned and privately held, there are a good number of companies which are also listed on the local (and global) stock exchanges and are open for public investment. This allows a lot of scope and variety for the Developed Asia ETFs to invest the ETF capital. One can find ETFs that take long-only positions in developed market equities of Asia, or take leveraged equity positions using derivative contracts to magnify the returns. There are country specific developed Asia ETFs, like those investing only in Japanese or Singapore market securities, and there are ETFs which invest in hedge funds of Asian economic powerhouses.

Where do Developed Asia ETFs Invest?

Since this is a category of regionally focused investments, most of the companies are local. They include CLP Holdings Ltd., Wilmar International Ltd., Brambles Ltd., Contact Energy Ltd., Capitaland Mall Trust, Swire Properties Ltd., Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd., Link Real Estate Investment Trust, NWS Holdings Ltd., Incitec Pivot Ltd.