Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments has listed two thematic exchange-traded funds in Hong Kong, one focused on leading Japanese firms and the other on innovative blue-chip firms worldwide.
The Global X Japan Global Leaders ETF will allow investors to gain direct exposure to a portfolio of leading Japanese companies, and the Global X Innovative Bluechip Top 10 ETF will give investors the opportunity to invest in stable growth and innovative technology companies, the asset management firm says in a statement on November 24.
The Japan-focused ETF is designed to gauge the performance of the FactSet Japan Global Leaders Index, and the blue-chip ETF tracks the Mirae Asset Global Innovative Bluechip Top 10 Index.
The two funds “are aimed at providing investors with forward-looking investment approaches to capture the opportunities brought by disruptive changes rapidly reshaping the global landscape”, according to Wanyoun Cho, chief executive officer of Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong).
The company now has 31 ETFs and exchange-traded products listed in Hong Kong.
Mirae Asset Global Investment had around US$212 billion of assets under management as of September 2023.