Custom ETF mandates on the rise in Asia

More Asian banks and institutions are offering discretionary exchange-traded fund portfolios to private banks and high-net-worth individual investors in the region. Although banks have been customising ETF-based offerings for investors for some time, the practice is becoming increasingly popular in Asia, says Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at London-based consultancy ETF Global Insight. “The driver is the fact that [investors’] ability to find active funds that consistently driv…