Mirae Asset Global Investments said that it held the two-day 2015 Mirae Asset Global ETF Seminar at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul on November 19.
The 2015 Mirae Asset Global ETF Seminar served as an opportunity for Mirae Asset ETF (exchange-traded fund) CEOs and CIOs (chief investment officers) from six nations (South Korea, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, the US and Colombia) to share their expertise on global ETF market trends and various ETF investment strategies.
The first day of the 2015 Mirae Asset Global ETF Seminar featured an investment strategy seminar intended for roughly 130 institutional investors in and outside South Korea and relevant industry officials.
Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and co-founder of ETFGI (an independent research and consulting firm providing services to investors and the ETF industry) took the podium to give a lecture on the current situation of the global ETF market and ETF investment strategies.
Deborah Fuhr is a seasoned expert on ETF management and investment strategies, who has built her career in the global ETF industry for more than two decades, working for various global financial services giants including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock and Barclays.
In addition, Mirae Asset ETF CIOs from six countries introduced each nation’s smart ETFs and management strategies.
Smart ETFs are an investment vehicle seeking extra returns that is based on indexes that have been constructed by utilizing extra metrics such as intrinsic value, growth momentum, low volatility and dividends.
On the second day of the seminar, Mirae Asset ETF officials sat down together to explore ways to reinforce Mirae Asset’s ETF capabilities through Mirae Asset’s global network.
In 2011, Mirae Asset Global Investments became the first Korean asset management firm to have its ETF directly listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). Following the listing of the Mirae Asset TIGER KOSPI 200 ETF, Mirae Asset broke into the North American market by acquiring Canada’s Horizons ETFs Management in the same year.
As of now, Mirae Asset is offering 173 ETFs worth 11.3 trillion won in six nations. Its global ETF business has been on the upswing: its global ETFs grew a bumper 1.7 trillion won this year alone.