“Risks outweigh benefits” of Chinese asset managers

It may be getting easier to invest in Chinese stocks, as Beijing opens up the country's capital markets, but that also makes it tougher to decide how to obtain that exposure. Going direct is increasingly an option, but many investors will want to employ asset managers. The question is: which ones? Mark Brugner, Asia-Pacific head of research for investments at Willis Towers Watson, is heavily in favour of using international fund managers rather than local Chinese firms. The disadv…