Korea’s first synthetic ETFs – and what they could mean for one of Asia’s fastest-growing ETF markets – is the lead story in this month’s round-up for Index Universe.

The latest Asia ETF review for Index Universe includes a summary of India’s ETF industry and its unhealthy bias towards gold products.

This month’s ETF round-up for Index Universe features an overview of China’s ETF industry as well as the new launches across Asia in June.

The second part of the EM indexing costs feature compares headline TERs and actual tracking difference for a number of different EM products.

Part one of a feature for Index Universe looking at those costs that are not captured in a fund’s TER and how they impact tracking difference in emerging markets.

I wrote this week’s cover story for MoneyWeek on the quality effect in emerging markets.

This month’s Asia ETF review for Index Universe focuses on Guotai’s Nasdaq-100 ETF listing.

Vanguard entering the Hong Kong ETF market is the main story in this month’s round-up of Asian ETF developments for Index Universe.

Reviewing March’s developments in Asia’s ETF markets.

The usual monthly review of Asia ETF industry developments for Index Universe, including China’s move to ease the RQFII requirements.