ETF Market Highlights April 2026

26 May 2026

Overview

Total AUM of our ETFs surpassed S$2.1B; ETF suite grew to 10 with Gold ETF.

New ETF: We listed our 10th ETF (LionGlobal Singapore Physical Gold ETF**) on SGX on 26 March 2026. All our ETFs have at least 2 DMMs1 to optimise liquidity.
Optimum product coverage
: We are the only ETF issuer covering active ETFs, passive ETFs and all 4 asset classes on SGX: Equities, bonds, REITs, commodities.
Best performer
: Lion-Nomura Japan Active ETF (Powered by AI) was the best performer in April with 6.9% returns while returning 32.1% over the last year.
Highest dividend: The Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF had the highest 12M gross dividend yield of 6.6% followed by the Lion-OCBC Securities APAC Financials Dividend Plus ETF with 6.1%. 

Historical Performance of our ETFs

Name

SGD

SGX Ticker

USD/CNH

SGX Ticker

1M Total Return (%)

1Y Total Return (%)

Ann. Total Return Since Inception (%)

12M Gross Dividend (%)

AUM (S$M)

Lion-Phillip S-REIT ETF

CLR

-

3.6

11.1

2.6

5.4

861

Lion-OCBC Securities Hang Seng TECH ETF

HST

HSS

3.9

-7.2

-9.8

-

479

Lion-OCBC Securities China Leaders ETF

YYY

YYR

4.9

16.1

1.1

3.0

96

Lion-OCBC Securities Singapore Low Carbon ETF

ESG

ESU

3.4

23.7

13.3

6.6

119

Lion-Nomura Japan Active ETF (Powered by AI) ACTIVE ETF

JJJ

JUS

6.9

32.1

16.7

-

70

Lion-OCBC Securities APAC Financials Dividend Plus ETF

YLD

YLU

4.6

33.1

25.4

6.1

116

Lion-China Merchants Emerging Asia Select Index ETF

EAA

EAU

3.5

2.6

-7.4

-

60

Lion-China Merchants CSI Dividend Index ETF

INC

ICH*

2.3

18.2

11.4

3.9

18

LionGlobal Short Duration Bond Fund (Active ETF SGD Class) ACTIVE ETF

SBO

SBV

0.5

-

0.9^

-

199

LionGlobal Singapore Physical Gold ETF** NEW!

GLS

GLU

0.5

-

-

-

84

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Returns are based on NAV-NAV basis in SGD and assuming all dividends are reinvested net of all charges payable upon reinvestment. Dividends are reinvested net of all charges payable upon reinvestment and in respective share class currency terms.  *Refers to CNH SGX ticker; **Refers to ETF USD Class which is tradable in both SGD and USD on SGX.
^Not annualized as return period not longer than 1 year. Source: Bloomberg, Lion Global Investors, as of 30 Apr 2026.

For more information on each ETF, please refer to the PDF.

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