Active Asia Ex-Japan Funds: Top-Down Country Insights

99 Asia Ex-Japan active equity funds, AUM $55bn

Active Asia Ex-Japan Funds: Top-Down Country Insights

Summary

  • South Korean Pivot:  Asia Ex-Japan investors move to overweight South Korea for the first time in our history, SK Hynix and Kia Corp among the beneficiaries. 
 
  • India Fatigue: Despite India’s outperformance and rising fund weights, managers show caution, with nearly 2/3rds of funds underweight the benchmark.
 
  • China All-Time Lows: China & HK fund weights have dropped significantly from 53.5% in 2020 to 34.8% today, just above a 13-year low, signaling a critical juncture for re-evaluation.
 
  • ASEAN Trends: Indonesia attracts record high interest with 80.8% of funds overweight, while Malaysia’s exposure is at near-record lows. The Philippines and Malaysia show signs of stabilizing ownership, Vietnam sees a slight dip, and Singapore remains underweight.

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