Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission expects the first active and multi-asset exchange traded funds to be listed next year and hopes a “butterfly effect” will boost Taiwan’s standing as a major asset management hub in Asia.
The move is likely to usher more global managers into Taiwan’s booming onshore ETF market, with JPMorgan Asset Management and Nomura Asset Management already confirming their intention to enter the active ETF space.
Actively managed equities or bond ETFs, as well as multi-asset ETFs with fixed proportions of equities and bonds, will be added to the fast-growing local ETF market at the earliest next year after legislative changes and technical arrangements are completed.