China's weighting in the MSCI Far East ex Japan Free Index will increase twelve fold at the end of Ma...
China's weighting in the MSCI Far East ex Japan Free Index will increase twelve fold at the end of May, forcing fund managers to reshuffle their portfolios. In aggregate, the Greater China markets will account for 57.5% of the MSCI Far East ex Japan Index. Following some pressure to revise the current 0.6% weighting, MSCI has decided to include a whole batch of some of the largest stocks in the country, pushing the weighting to 9.58%. The Far East ex Japan Free Index includes China B shares and H shares, but no Hong Kong-listed 'red chip' stocks. China's low rating was largely because the...
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