The technical paper “China: Should it be its own asset class” addresses the rapid growth of foreign capital access to Chinese stock markets. The document is based on collecting information from reliable sources over two decades – from 1996 to 2020. The researchers used allocations data, EPFR-tracked funds, stock level monitoring data, China Equity Funds information, etc. The purpose of the paper is to analyze markets with different classes of stocks, which are often not correlated, so that managers can balance their impact on China. This will allow us to develop a strategy for allocating resources to various classes of Chinese stocks and not just focus on A-stocks, which are popular among investors.
In China, there are three types of funds that can invest China Special Funds, Regional Funds, and Global Funds. Investments in any of them will lead to an increase in the value of Chinese assets. Onshore and offshore markets coexist in China, offering unique trading, hedging, and financing opportunities. All Chinese stock classes account for 4.77% of the MSCI ACWI index, which is currently the 3rd largest in the world after the US (56.87%) and Japan (7.20%). The share of China is constantly growing in the average GEM with EPFR tracking.
China is now planning to ease its coronavirus containment measures and open stock markets even more to investors. Experts continue to expect the growth of Chinese holdings to accelerate. The technical paper “China: Should it be its own asset class” offers managers a wide range of options for buying shares and other investments, highlighting successful market players, growing regions, and diversification opportunities. The paper describes the pattern of investor flows and distributions of managers that govern global markets. Managers can find approaches to daily, weekly and monthly stock and fixed-income fund allocations.