The Taiwan Monthly

May 2019

Market & ETP Overview

TWSE ETF Market Overview

  1. TWSE Wins “the Best ETF Stock Exchange” award

        TWSE has won the “Best ETF Stock Exchange” regional award in the 2019 Best of the Best Awards organized by Asia Asset Management, a Hong Kong-based journal commencing publication in 1995.
        The “Best ETF Stock Exchange” was the only regional award presented to stock exchanges in the Asia Pacific region. The winner was selected mainly based on criteria including the exchange’s ETF trading activity, the year-on-year growth, and product diversification. The panel of judges also took into account the exchange’s performance in promoting ETF product innovation, improving trading mechanisms, facilitating investor participation, and boosting sustained market growth.
        TWSE also clinched the “Best ETF Stock Exchange” awarded by Asia Asset Management in 2016, and has been highly recognized for its outstanding achievement and continuous devotion to Taiwan’s ETF market.

  2. Newly-listed ETFs in March 2019
    1 ETF was newly listed on the TWSE in March.

    Stock Code

    Name of Fund

    Fund Type

    Listing Date

    Underlying Index

    Tracking Mkt.

    Issuer

    00783

    Fubon China CSI 500 Index ETF

    Foreign

    2019/3/27

    CSI smallcap 500 Index

    China

    Fubon Asset Management Co., Ltd.


  3. Asset Under Management
    The AUM of ETFs on the TWSE has demonstrated a continuous increasing trend since 2013. As of the end of March 2019, there were 118 ETFs listed on the TWSE with a total AUM of NTD 408 billion.
  4. Trading Info
    As of the end of March 2019, the ETF average daily trading value was 9.09 billion. Also, the ETF trading value accounts for 8.39% of the total trading value on the TWSE.

  5. Top 10 ETFs by AUM

    Rank

    Stock code

    Name of Fund

    Fund Type

    AUM (bn NTD)

    1

    0050

    Yuanta/P-shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF

    Domestic Capitalization

    68.85

    2

    00632R

    Yuanta Daily Taiwan 50 Bear -1X ETF

    Domestic L/I

    59.05

    3

    00637L

    Yuanta Daily CSI300 Bull 2X ETF

    Foreign L/I

    43.26

    4

    00633L

    Fubon SSE180 Leveraged 2X Index ETF

    Foreign L/I

    29.15

    5

    0056

    Yuanta/P-shares Taiwan Dividend Plus ETF

    Domestic Theme

    17.67

    6

    00677U

    Fubon S&P 500 VIX Short-term Futures ETF

    Futures

    17.10

    7

    006205

    Fubon SSE180 ETF

    Foreign

    13.72

    8

    00655L

    Cathay FTSE China A50 Daily Leveraged 2X ETF

    Foreign L/I

    12.94

    9

    00732

    Cathay FTSE Chinese Government and Policy Bank Bond 0-1 Year Select ETF

    Foreign

    12.89

    10

    00636

    Cathay FTSE China A50 ETF

    Foreign

    11.44


    For further information, please contact Ms. Nieh at 1196@twse.com.tw.