BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASX: ASIA) $20.05

The ASIA ETF tracks the Solactive Asia ex-Japan Technology & Internet Tigers Index, providing exposure to leading technology and internet companies across South Korea, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. The portfolio has a strong semiconductor bias through SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, TSMC and MediaTek, alongside Chinese internet heavyweights such as Alibaba and Tencent, making ASIA a useful alternative to US-focused technology ETFs for investors seeking exposure to Asia’s AI, memory-chip and digital growth themes. The fund charges a 0.67% management fee p.a.

ASIA is a conventional, unleveraged ETF, with a relatively high 0.67% annual management fee. Its key difference is the additional currency, geopolitical and regulatory risk that comes with investing across Asian markets: movements in the Australian dollar can affect returns even when the underlying shares are unchanged, while its significant exposure to Taiwan and South Korea through TSMC, SK Hynix and Samsung, and to Chinese internet stocks such as Alibaba and Tencent, introduces risks that can move the ETF independently of broader global technology markets.

For MM, ASIA offers useful diversification away from US technology, but that diversification comes with a more complex risk profile and the highest management fee among the unleveraged ETFs in this group.

• We like the risk/reward towards the ASIA ETF after its almost 30% correction.