Deutsche Bank's db X-trackers Lists Five China-Linked ETFs In Germany

Tom Burroughes

23 January 2013

The exchange traded funds platform of Deutsche Bank - db X-trackers – has listed five new products on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, giving European investors more exposure to specific parts of the Chinese equity market.

The products give exposure to sectoral components of the CSI300 Index, which reflects the performance of China’s A-shares market, Deutsche Bank said in a statement. The sector exposures are energy, health care, consumer discretionary, banks and real estate.

The CSI300 Index tracks the performance of the 300 most representative – as measured by a combination of market capitalization and liquidity – A-shares listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

The db x-trackers CSI 300 UCITS ETF has almost £500 million in assets under management, making it one of the largest European-listed trackers of China’s A-shares equity market.