MarketsMuse extends our thanks re: below extract, courtesy of AsianInvestor.net

China Asset Management and China Southern Asset Management are racing to list the first exchange-traded fund via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, after getting regulatory approval last week.
But this comes amid muted initial volumes for the trading link, leading to suggestions that the mainland securities regulator has encouraged the moves to help promote the scheme.

Classed as qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) products, they will be cheaper and will have quicker settlement cycles than existing QDII ETFs. They will trade through Stock Connect until the cap is reached, then they can use QDII quota.

China Southern, the fifth biggest mainland fund house with assets under management of Rmb200 billion ($32.5 billion), got the green light from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on December 2. Approval came the following day for China AMC, the country’s second largest fund manager with Rmb348 billion.

Both firms plan to launch ETF products tracking Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index using the southbound quotas of the Stock Connect trading link. China AMC’s new fund will join its existing Hang Seng ETF that buys Hong Kong equities via the QDII scheme, while this will be the first such fund for China Southern.
Each product will charge a 0.5% management fee and 0.1% custody fee; these are 25% lower than existing QDII equity ETFs. They will be classed as QDII funds. more