Assets under management of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds declined by 2.3 per cent to USD59.4bn in the week to 1 February, according to Deutsche Bank.

The largest ETF by AUM is the Topix ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD6.2bn.

Monthly average daily turnover rose 6.7 per cent to USD1,070m. The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD303m accounting for 28.3 per cent of total turnover.

There are 202 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 267 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 41.05 per cent of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 45.65 per cent.

There was one new listing in the last week. China International Capital listed one new ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.