Assets under management of Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds rose 6.1 per cent to USD64.1bn in the week to 18 June, according to a report by Deutsche Bank.

The largest ETF by AUM is the iShares Asia Trust - iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Tracker managed by BlackRock with AUM of USD6.6bn.

Monthly average daily turnover declined 7.2 per cent to USD948m. The largest ETF by turnover was the China 50 ETF issued by China Asset Management with USD167m accounting for 17.6 per cent of total turnover.

There were three new listings during the week. Prudential Asset Management launched an ETF tracking the MKF Neo Value Index on the Korea Stock Exchange, and Deutsche Bank listed two new funds offering access to two of the major economies in the Asia Pacific region, Japan and Australia. The latter two ETFs were listed at Singapore Exchange.

There are 222 equity based ETFs in the Asia Pacific region with 310 listings across 12 countries and 15 exchanges. Japan has the largest market share by AUM accounting for 41.35 per cent of the whole market, whilst China has the largest market share by turnover with 40.13 per cent.