A growing number of asset allocators plan to reduce their exposure to China as regulatory turmoil has hit foreign investors in the country, according to a new survey by Invesco.
A poll by the $1.61tn fund manager of more than 200 professional investors including pension funds and insurers, conducted in June and July, found that 12 per cent expected to decrease China’s place in their portfolios — three times as many as in 2019 when it last conducted the survey.
Invesco also found that there had been a drop in the number of asset owners that expected to increase their exposure to China. In 2019, 80 per cent of investors said they were ramping up their positions, compared to 64 per cent this year.