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Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... will typically look for the most well-known base for exposure," said Alan Wang, senior fund manager and head of Chinese equities research at Value Partners. "So in China - they'll buy you China Mobile, Petrol China, ICBC, the big names." "But regional ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... "A" shares through the Qualified Foreign Institutional investor (QFII) program. Most investors gain exposure to Chinese equities through Hong Kong's "H share" market, which is generally perceived to be more liquid and transparent than the Shanghai and ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... over the past 25 years illuminates the point. Despite breakneck economic growth averaging 10 per cent a year, Chinese equities have returned just 2.6 per cent per annum since 1985. Conversely, despite sluggish economic growth of 2.4 per cent a year ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
Researcher van Eyk has given Chinese equities a "high-medium" risk rating in its first review of the market. "Compared with developed equities markets, the Chinese equities market tends to exhibit higher volatility and its performance is driven more ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure to Chinese equities can be easily gained through the Hong Kong or "H share" listings of mainland Chinese companies. But for fixed income ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... story. For example, many investors could buy domestic commodity stocks such as Rio Tinto or BHP as a way to tap Chinese equities-like returns. "How can an Australian equities manager give you proper exposure to emerging markets? We don't believe that's ...

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... place where we would need a local presence," said Manning. "And it may not necessarily be because we need to buy Chinese equities but more that the stocks we own in our portfolios are global in nature." In Australia, the group has hired another executive ...

Sweet and sour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Shanghaied! This is what those "nervy nellies" might be feeling after seeing Chinese equities rebound more sharply just as fast and by more as it has fallen. China's Shanghai Composite Index jumped by 4.5 per cent yesterday (sweet), erasing the previous ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... until the reporting season ends. Oh, and about the previous day's big story -- the sharp 5 per cent slump in Chinese equities - it's no story no more. The Shanghai composite recovered yesterday. I told you so! And what about the economy? Data releases ...

The dragon stumbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... - the great demander of commodities -- out of the growth equation, prices fall. Was yesterday's "big" fall in Chinese equities a big deal, heralding another downdraft for economic and equity market fortunes around the world? Or is it just speculators ...