Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today (Thursday) welcomed hundreds of distinguished speakers and guests at its ETF Summit 2026, marking a year of fresh records, new products, and continued vibrancy.
The event today brought together institutional and private wealth investors, asset managers, issuers and market participants to discuss the latest developments shaping the exchange-traded funds market, including growing institutional adoption, evolving investor needs, product innovation, cross-border opportunities and tokenisation.
HKEX Head of Markets, Gregory Yu, said: “This year’s ETF Summit brought many members of our market community together to look at how to capture the next phase of growth. Building a successful ETF market is about much more than just the products on our shelves. It requires an ecosystem where indices and benchmarks provide the building blocks for innovation, broader product choice attracts more investors and strategies, and deeper participation supports liquidity and scale. We at HKEX are bringing these elements together with Hong Kong’s unique connectivity, helping create a virtuous circle that makes the market more vibrant and delivers practical portfolio solutions for investors. We thank our entire ETF community for their staunch support over the past year, and we look forward to working together to propel our markets from strength to strength.”
Hong Kong’s ETP market has continued to demonstrate strong momentum. Assets under management of ETFs and leveraged and inverse (L&I) products reached HK$616.5 billion at the end of October 2026, while average daily turnover rose 23% year-on-year to a record HK$46.5 billion.
The product ecosystem has also continued to expand. As of end-October, Hong Kong had 246 ETFs and 29 L&I products, while three new ETFs were listed in October. Trading of ETFs through Stock Connect also continued to grow, with Northbound and Southbound ETF average daily turnover reaching RMB5 billion, up 48 per cent from a year earlier, and HK$4.6 billion, up 8 per cent year on year, respectively, in the first 10 months of 2026.
HKEX will continue to work with the industry to further develop Hong Kong’s ETP ecosystem, expand investor choice and reinforce the city’s role as a leading international ETF marketplace. For more data and insights, please refer to our latest HKEX Insights article.
About HKEX
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is a publicly-traded company (HKEX Stock Code: 388) and one of the world’s leading global exchange groups, offering a range of equity, derivative, commodity, fixed income and other financial markets, products and services, including the London Metal Exchange.
As a superconnector and gateway between East and West, HKEX facilitates the two-way flow of capital, ideas and dialogue between China and the rest of the world, through its pioneering Connect schemes, increasingly diversified product ecosystem and its deep, liquid and international markets.
HKEX is a purpose-led organisation which, across its business and through the work of HKEX Foundation, seeks to connect, promote and progress its markets and the communities it supports for the prosperity of all.
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