MSCI keeps A-shares waiting for EM status
But the planned HK-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme is likely to improve access to mainland stocks and may thus speed their rise to emerging market status within MSCI's influential benchmarks.
When they are finally included in MSCI's emerging market index, China A-shares could account for a far bigger weighting than currently anticipated if the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect is successful, says the index provider’s Asia head of research.
“That is a new development for us,” Chia Chin-Ping told AsianInvestor yesterday following the release of the index provider’s annual review that left mainland stocks outside the scope of the influential benchmark for at least another …
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