One of the most significant global investment trends over the last decade is the rise of the exchange traded fund (ETF). Relatively low fees and broad index-based exposure have made these passive investment products extremely popular all over the world. In Asia Pacific, assets under management by ETFs have surged six times over the last ten years1, and Hong Kong has played an important role in the development of the regional market.

At the end of December 2021, Germany's net external assets stood at €2,545 billion, thus amounting to around 71% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP).

Official Reserve Assets 2022.

Our ground-breaking new innovation lays a path for digital currencies and tokenised assets to integrate seamlessly with the world’s existing financial ecosystem.

As at the end of June 2022, China’s external financial assets reached USD 9156.3 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 7074.6 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2081.6 billion.

On April 22, 2019, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) agreed to establish China-Japan ETF Connectivity. Aimed at creating more opportunities for cross-border securities investment between China and Japan, the scheme enables listing of feeder ETFs of ETFs investing in Chinese or Japanese assets.

On July 26, “Penghua Shenzhen Energy REIT”, the first infrastructure REITs in the clean energy field in China, was successfully listed on SZSE. It’s an embodiment of SZSE’s implementation of the “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” strategy of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the requirements of the 14th Five-year Plan. It is also a pragmatic measure of SZSE to give full play to the function of publicly offered REITs securitization, promote positive circulation of existing assets and new investments in the clean energy field, and support economic and social transformation and development.

Beijing Dao Tai Liang He Private Fund Management Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Technology Lab Private Limited in Singapore, a high-tech investment institution managing USD 3 billion (around CNY 19.1 billion) worth of assets and trading over USD 600 million every day worldwide.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced today 7th September that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$431.8 billion as at the end of August 2022 (end-July 2022: US$441.8 billion).

The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee (ADBVAC) held its first meeting, under the chairmanship of Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and Chairman Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), to discuss strategy for blockchain and virtual assets, which is aligned with the Emirates economic strategy.

Rowanmoor Personal Pensions Limited (RPPL), is a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) operator authorised and regulated by the FCA. RPPL operates approximately 4,800 pensions, with assets under administration of £1.5bn.

The assets under the management of China's public offering funds totaled 27.06 trillion yuan (about $3.93 trillion) by the end of July, the Asset Management Association of China showed on Wednesday.