The index excludes state-owned enterprises, providing an alternative to popular China indices, which are typically made up of 70% or more SOEs.
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HEAD-TO-HEAD: Aberdeen vs First State
Fund Selector Asia compares two well-known products that invest in the region: the Aberdeen Global Asia-Pacific Equity Fund and the First State Asia-Pacific Select Fund.
HSBC GAM reveals MRF plan
HSBC Global Asset Management will seek regulatory approval to offer its two onshore China funds in Hong Kong under the Mutual Recognition of Funds initiative, which starts today.
Principal Global aims to use MRF
Principal Global Investors intends to distribute funds through the mutual recognition of funds initiative, and is in talks with joint venture partner China Construction Bank about mainland products, said Kirk West, head of international offices and chief executive officer of Asia.
China response to the potential equity bubble
Sandra Crowl, member of Carmignac Gestion’s investment strategy committee, examines how structural reforms and liberalisation of the financial markets will keep the limelight on China in 2015.
China’s MSCI inclusion to drive Hong Kong market
China’s inclusion on the MSCI emerging market indices is a matter of when, not if, and the resulting capital inflows will have substantial impact on Hong Kong’s market, said Helen Zhu, Blackrock’s head of China equities.
China’s “one belt, one road” to widen investment avenues
The OBOR strategy is likely to boost foreign investment and export growth, leading to more opportunities in industrial A-shares, according to Invesco Asset Management.
Institutional investors on tail risk events
Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific are more concerned about tail risk events such as oil price shocks, new asset bubbles or geopolitical tensions compared to their global counterparts, according to a study by Allianz Global Investors.
A bubble in China inflated markets
“From an equity market perspective, all classic signs of a bubble are out there,” he said. He warned that the amount of money that inexperienced and first-time investors are borrowing on margin to buy stocks is uncomfortably high. “The margin debt in China as a share of its stock market is higher than during […]
Hong Kong as Asia’s laundromat
Majcher, a former Eurobond trader in London who became a top covert operator for Canada’s RCMP, is particularly critical about the sale of licenses for backdoor listings.
