- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 550 San Francisco CA United States of America 94111
- IPO Date
- Sep 22, 2023
- Business
- Matthews Pacific Tiger Active ETF (ASIA) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in common and preferred stocks of companies located in Asia ex Japan, targeting sustainable growth companies through an all-cap fundamental approach driven by proprietary on-the-ground research evaluating factors such as balance sheets, cash flow stability, management quality, product lines, marketing strategies, corporate governance, and financial health. The ETF offers exposure to a high-conviction equity portfolio across sectors including information technology, financials, consumer discretionary, and communication services; key holdings encompass Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Tencent Holdings Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., and SK hynix Inc.; it benchmarks against the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index with a gross expense ratio of 0.79% and assets under management of approximately $41 million as of December 2025. Geographically, the fund operates across Asia ex Japan, with significant allocations to China/Hong Kong (36.7%), Taiwan (20.6%), India (16.3%), and South Korea (14.1%), spanning developed, emerging, and frontier markets in countries including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam; it trades on the NYSE Arca exchange under ticker ASIA (CUSIP 577-130-578). Launched on September 21, 2023, and issued by Matthews Asia, headquartered at Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 550, San Francisco, California, the ETF is managed by a team including Portfolio Managers Inbok Song, Andrew Mattock, and Winnie Chwang. In September 2025, the fund benefited from Matthews Asia Funds' updated approach to estimating certain taxes payable to India, resulting in a one-time NAV increase alongside peer ETFs; it continues quarterly distributions, with the latest on December 17, 2025, at $0.35745 per share (1.1% of NAV), following 2024's $0.15248; portfolio turnover stands at 45.1%, reflecting active management amid evolving Asian market dynamics, with no reported acquisitions, mergers, or major strategic shifts in the past two years.