China's A-shares 'progress' leads to further index inclusion as FTSE Russell predicts bumper flows
Successful entries prompt weighting increase
A London-Shanghai stockmarket link is also in the pipeline
Inflows into China A-shares are set for an uplift in the coming years as major index providers announced plans to increase or start including exposure to mainland Chinese shares, while a system that will allow Chinese and UK companies to list in each other's stockmarkets could begin as early as December, according to reports.
Last week, MSCI announced proposals to raise the weighting to domestic China A-shares in some of its indices, following a successful 5% inclusion earlier this year. A-shares are available in the MSCI...
