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Podcast: Why the Chinese equity market is now too big to ignore

Podcast: Why the Chinese equity market is now too big to ignore

28-08-2020 | Podcast
Chinese A-shares are becoming more accessible for Western investors, thanks to inclusion in the MSCI index and greater transparency among the companies listed. And the market is surprisingly big, as the mainland stock market has mirrored the country’s growth in becoming the second largest in the world.
  • Jie Lu
    Jie
    Lu
    Head of Investments China

A-shares can offer diversification and opportunities to access equity growth that is being spurred on by China’s growing middle class and an industrial transformation. Meanwhile, the country is emerging more quickly from the Covid-19 pandemic than others, with a growth rate that is the envy of many in the West.

In a podcast with the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Jie Lu, Head of Research for Chinese equities, says the mainland stock market is now too big to ignore.

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