China opens up to overseas investment

market analysis

By giving access to the deeper domestic A share market, China has become much more accessible to foreign investors but few managers are taking advantage

China might be the growth story of the past few years but most playing this market have had to gain exposure indirectly. Growing interest in the undoubted potential of the Chinese equity markets has led to increasing interest from overseas investors and a number of fund launches in the UK market to meet these needs. Only late last year foreign investors were allowed to invest in the much broader and deeper domestic A share markets as the government started to give way to more base capitalist sentiment. While for more than a decade investors have been able to access Chinese equities ...