Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) has announced the listing of its first set of UCITS-compliant exchange-traded funds on the Mexican Stock Exchange, or Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV).

Deutsche Asset Management has listed 21 UCITS ETFs on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV)

The 21 ETFs complement the existing Deutsche AM index funds already available on BMV, expanding the strategies available to local institutional investors and advisors.

“To be able to offer our UCITS index funds to investors in Mexico showcases Deutsche AM’s international footprint and diverse product offerings,” said Salvador Gomez, Head of Passive Asset Management for Latin America.

He added: “As a global asset manager with 10 years in the ETFs space, Deutsche AM is always looking for ways to provide investors efficient access to worldwide markets through strategies that best fit their investment needs.”

According to Greenwich Associates, ETFs are rapidly gaining importance among Latin American institutions as multi-purpose tools used to help manage challenges including lack of liquidity and increased volatility.

Moreover, Latin American investors are increasingly seeking UCITS products due to their potential for tax efficiency, and thus improved investment returns, and access to exposures and features unavailable to other ETF jurisdictions.

As institutions become more familiar with ETFs and seek new ways to employ them, industry experts expect UCITS ETFs to become a significantly larger part of the Latin American investment universe, reflecting a trend unfolding in Asia, where the share of institutional ETF users investing in UCITS ETFs now tops one-third.

The ETFs listed by Deutsche AM on the BMV are as follows:

db x-trackers MSCI AC Far East ex Japan Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI AC World Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Brazil Index UCITS ETF (DR) 
db x-trackers MSCI Canada Index UCITS ETF (DR)             
db x-trackers MSCI China Index UCITS ETF (DR) 
db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI EMU Index UCITS ETF (DR)  
db x-trackers MSCI EMU Index UCITS ETF (DR) USD Hedge          
db x-trackers MSCI EMU Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Europe Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Europe Value Factor UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Japan Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Japan Index UCITS ETF (DR) USD Hedged
db x-trackers MSCI Korea Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Nordic Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI North America High Dividend Yield Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Pacific ex Japan Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI Taiwan Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI USA Index UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI USA Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF (DR)
db x-trackers MSCI World Index UCITS ETF (DR)

BMV is the second largest stock exchange in Latin America with a total market capitalization of over $530 billion.