** Another member of the "fee reduction" army.
On December 26, Huatai Pineapple announced that it would reduce the management fee and custody fee of Huatai Pineapple CSI Animation and Game ETF from December 27. After this adjustment, the annual rate of management fee will be increased from 050% to 030% with an annual rate of escrow fee from 010% to 006%。Industry insiders believe that the first fee reduction will help highlight the competitiveness of high-quality public offering institutions with the interests of investors as the core, and promote the public offering industry to better serve the wealth management needs of residents.
The fee reduction adjustment of Huatai Pineapple Game ETF occurred in the context of strengthened supervision in the game industry, and was highly concerned by the market. Industry insiders believe that although the new regulations may affect the income of game developers and operators in the short term, in the long run, the adjustment of the game sector will improve their investment cost performance, making related ETFs have higher long-term allocation value.
Game ETFs are reduced by 40%.
On December 26, Huatai Berry announced that in order to better meet the investment and financial needs of investors, the management fee and custody fee of Huatai Berry CSI Animation and Game ETF will be reduced from December 27, 2023. According to the announcement, the annual management fee rate of game and animation ETFs is increased from 050% is adjusted to 030% and the annual rate of custody fee is 010% is adjusted to 006%。
According to public information, Huatai Pineapple CSI Animation and Game ETF was established in early 2021 and tracks the CSI Animation and Game Index, with heavy stocks including Sanqi Mutual Entertainment, Kunlun Wanwei, Century Huatong, Kaiying Network, Shenzhou Taiyue, Giant Network, Perfect World, Gigabit, Palmfun Technology, Zhejiang Digital Culture, etc. From the perspective of income, as of December 26**, the annual return rate of Huatai Barry CSI Animation and Game ETF was 2947%, slightly higher than the performance benchmark of 2792%, outperforming, while the passive index** returned only -11 over the same period61%, the yield of the CSI 300 is only -1412%。
Li Qian and Li Muyang, the two managers of Huatai Berry, said in their outlook for the fourth quarter that the demand-side consumption recovery of the game sector is steady, and the intensive launch of new games on the supply side is expected to drive the industry to recover. At the same time, the environment for the issuance of edition numbers is stable, and the digital economy and cultural industry are expected to continue to receive policy assistance. In addition, games, as an important application scenario of AIGC, are expected to benefit from the rapid development of multimodal large models.
It is worth noting that there are currently three ETFs tracking the CSI Animation & Game Index in the market, and in addition to Huatai Pineapple CSI Animation & Game ETF, the other two are ChinaAMC CSI Animation & Game ETF and Cathay CSI Animation & Game ETF. After the rate adjustment, the annual management fee rate of Huatai Pineapple CSI Animation & Game ETF has decreased by 20 basis points compared with similar products, the annual rate of custody fee has decreased by 4 basis points compared with similar products, and the comprehensive fee rate has decreased by 40%, with obvious rate cost advantages.
A top commentator in Shanghai believes that the fee reduction of ETF products can significantly reduce the investment cost of investors and improve the holding experience of investors. With the implementation of various reform measures, the charging model of public offering is constantly optimized, and the comprehensive competitiveness of the public offering industry has also been improved.
A leading public offering practitioner in South China said that the rate reform will highlight the competitive advantage of high-quality public offering with the interests of investors as the core, which will help the public offering industry to better play its functions and serve the needs of residents' wealth management. In addition, the reform has reduced the investment cost of medium and long-term funds such as pensions, bank wealth management and insurance funds, attracted more medium and long-term funds to increase the allocation of equity assets through public offerings, and provided a sufficient capital environment for the public offering industry, so that the public offering industry can better serve the stable and healthy development of the capital market.
The cost performance of the game track is highlighted.
On December 22, the National Press and Publication Administration released the "Measures for the Administration of Online Games (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which prohibits compulsory battles, restricts the excessive use of games and high consumption, random selection and other items, which caused heated discussions in the market, and the game and animation sector fluctuated greatly on the same day.
The Measures stipulate that online games shall not set inducing rewards such as daily login, first recharge, and continuous recharge, and all online games must set user recharge limits, and relevant provisions have been made in the anti-addiction system and the protection of minors.
A public offering in North China told a Chinese reporter from a brokerage firm that the part of the new regulations on the protection of minors, business units and version number management has not changed much compared with the previous regulatory model, but the supervision of game payment has exceeded market expectations. At present, the new regulations are still in the stage of soliciting comments, and it is expected that the follow-up supervision will be discussed with the industry, and the final implementation may have room for relaxation. For game developers and operators, if the new regulations are implemented, it will be inevitable to adjust the business model of games, which will lead to a short-term impact on the revenue of games.
The relevant person in charge said that the "Measures" are mainly intended to protect and promote the healthy development of the online game industry, and the departmental rules are open to the public to solicit opinions is a process of widely listening to opinions and improving the rules and regulations, and the National Press and Publication Administration will carefully study and further revise and improve the draft opinions on the basis of the opinions of all parties.
However, there is also good news. On December 22, the National Press and Publication Administration announced a new batch of imported game version numbers, and 40 new games were approved, including Perfect World's "One Punch Man: World", "Candle Dungeon 2" by Gigabit's Thunder Network, "Monster Train" by Zhongqingbao, and "About My Reincarnation as a Slime: New World" by Kaiying Network. On December 25, the National Press and Publication Administration announced the version number of domestic online games in December, and 105 new games were approved. The number of single approvals exceeded 100 for the first time, including Tencent's "Counter War: Future" and NetEase's "Firefly Assault".
Li Muyang said that from the perspective of market reaction, although the industry has ushered in great fluctuations in the short term, most companies have expressed confidence in the long-term healthy development of the industry. From the perspective of implementation, a number of leading game companies have initiated buybacks. In the long run, after the game track has gone through in-depth **, the index cost performance has been further highlighted, and the long-term allocation value of game and animation-related ETFs is worth paying attention to. On the whole, there has been no significant change in regulatory attitude, and with the gradual improvement of supervision, the industry is expected to enter a healthier and more orderly development track under the high-frequency and high-quality issuance of edition numbers.
Editor-in-charge: Wang Lulu.
Proofreading: Peng Qihua.
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