China managers pressure MSCI on A-shares

As index provider MSCI prepares to decide next month whether to include China A-shares in its emerging-market benchmarks, mainland fund managers – and domestic state media – have been making their feelings clear on the subject. They argue that Beijing has done enough to address MSCI’s market-access concerns and that Chinese stocks should now be included, after failing to make the cut for the past two years. Further delay will “increase the pain for investors” because the impact …