5 Best Performing Asia Pacific ETFs in 2023

In this piece, we will take a look at the five best performing Asia Pacific ETFs in 2023, For an analysis of the Asian economic environment, check out 10 Best Performing Asia Pacific ETFs in 2023.

5. WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (NYSE:EPI)

Year To Date Share Price Gains: 14.34%

WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (NYSE:EPI) is a pure play Indian equity exchange traded fund and it is part of the WisdomTree fund family. It is also one of the largest funds on our list, with net assets of $1.14 billion. Within the Indian equities market, it invests only in profitable firms. Overall, the portfolio is quite balanced with no significant percentage of holdings concentrated in a single firm. However, the largest stakes are in Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, and ICICI Bank, which represent roughly 15% of the fund’s portfolio.

4. Columbia India Consumer ETF (NYSE:INCO)

Year To Date Share Price Gains: 17.45%

Columbia India Consumer ETF (NYSE:INCO) is another Indian equity ETF. Part of the Columbia Threadneedle fund family, it was set up in 2011 and has net assets of $117 million. It is a demographics focused fund that seeks to invest in companies that will benefit from population growth. This sees its target firms that sell automobiles, food, and other consumer products. Its ten biggest holdings account for roughly half of the portfolio and sector wise, automobiles is the largest industry in which Columbia India Consumer ETF (NYSE:INCO) has invested.

3. VanEck India Growth Leaders ETF (NYSE:GLIN)

Year To Date Share Price Gains: 19.08%

VanEck India Growth Leaders ETF (NYSE:GLIN) is part of the VanEck fund family which tracks an index made up of stable Indian firms with good growth prospects. It has an asset value of $62.9 million and was set up in 2010 which makes it one of the older ETFs on our list. Strategy wise, the investments seek to take stakes in both value and growth firms and limit the exposure only to large companies. Like the Columbia India Consumer ETF, the VanEck India Growth Leaders ETF (NYSE:GLIN)’s investments are also spread around without significant concentration in a single sector.

2. iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF (BATS:SMIN)

Year To Date Share Price Gains: 24.38%

iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF (BATS:SMIN) invests primarily in small cap Indian firms. In India, a small cap company is one whose market capitalization is less than 5,000 crores. One crore is equal to 10 million and there are 100 crores in one billion. The fund is quite sizeable, with $415 million in net assets.

1. VanEck Vietnam ETF (BATS:VNM)

Year To Date Share Price Gains: 30.32%

The fact that the VanEck Vietnam ETF (BATS:VNM) makes it to the top of our list of the best Asia Pacific ETFs is unsurprising. Vietnam is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the U.S.-China ‘decoupling’, or ‘derisking’ as some are calling it these days. The fund was set up in 2009 and it has net assets worth $644 million.

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