Chinese stocks have gained direct entry to MSCI’s global benchmark equity index for the first time, marking a milestone in Beijing’s efforts to draw international funds into the world’s second-largest market.
The move means mainland equities, known as A-shares, will next year be included in MSCI’s flagship emerging markets index, obliging the estimated $1.6tn of investment funds that track the index to buy the stocks.
The index provider’s decision opens a new front in investors’ long-running debate over whether, and how, to introduce domestic Chinese securities into international portfolios.
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