Monthly average daily turnover of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds declined 7.7 per cent to USD744m during the week to 8 March, says Deutsche Bank.

The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD159m accounting for 21.4 per cent of total turnover.

Assets under management rose 1.6 per cent to USD59.8bn. The largest ETF by AUM is the Topix ETF managed by Nomura Asset Management with AUM of USD6.2bn.

There are 205 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 281 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 41.06 per cent of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 37.41 per cent.

There was one new listing during the week. Deutsche Bank listed one ETF on the Singapore Stock Exchange, called the db x-trackers CSI300 Index ETF. The listing was a cross listing.