China & HK Semiconductors: Fund Positioning Analysis

92 Asia Ex-Japan Funds, AUM $52bn, 115 China A-Share Funds, AUM $57bn, 117 MSCI China Funds, AUM $44bn, 45 Greater China Funds, AUM $15bn China Semiconductors With US sanctions hitting Chinese domestic Semiconductor stocks this week, we analyse allocations in the China & HK Semiconductor Industry group among Asia Ex-Japan, MSCI China, China A-Share and Greater China actively managed equity …

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China Funds: Q3 Performance & Attribution

118 Active MSCI China funds, AUM $50bn Q3 Performance & Attribution In this piece, we provide an overview of Q3 performance among the active MSCI China funds in our analysis. We look at quarterly performance broken down by Style and Market Cap focus, together with longer-term analysis of active versus passive. We then breakdown this quarter’s performance based on the …

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MSCI China Funds: Stock Sentiment Analysis

119 Active China Funds, AUM $52bn. MSCI China Stock Sentiment Investment levels among the thousands of stocks in the investible China universe differ greatly. Some stocks are widely owned, others largely avoided with ownership levels changing every month. We combine current and historical positioning against shorter-term manager activity to get a handle on where sentiment lies for every stock in …

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China A-Share Funds: Stock Sentiment Analysis

115 Active China A-Share Funds, AUM $63bn. China A-Share Stock Sentiment Investment levels among the thousands of stocks in the investible China universe differ greatly. Some stocks are widely owned, others largely avoided with ownership levels changing every month. We combine current and historical positioning against shorter-term manager activity to get a handle on where sentiment lies for every stock …

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Greater China Funds: Stock Sentiment Analysis

45 Active Greater China Funds, AUM $20bn. Greater China Stock Sentiment Investment levels among the thousands of stocks in the investible China universe differ greatly. Some stocks are widely owned, others largely avoided with ownership levels changing every month. We combine current and historical positioning against shorter-term manager activity to get a handle on where sentiment lies for every stock …

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Greater China: Materials Rotation

45 Active Greater China Funds, AUM $17bn. Greater China Materials Greater China managers are increasing allocations to the Materials sector. Part of a general rotation out of the Information Technology sector, active managers are buying in to selected names, led by IMEIK Technology Development Co, ENN Ecological Holdings and Baoshan Iron & Steel. Versus the benchmark, Greater China managers are …

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China A-Shares: Health Care Fall

115 Active China A-Share Funds, AUM $63bn. China Health Care Health Care weights among China A-Share managers have fallen to some of the lowest levels on record, with managers moving from overweight to underweight over the last 12-months. The recent moves have been caused by a number of domestic A-Share funds closing out, or significantly cutting exposure to key stocks …

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China Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

119 Active MSCI China Funds, AUM $60bn. China Communication Services Portfolio weights in the Communication Services sector have hit their lowest levels on record, declining from a high of over 18% in mid-2015 to just 9.90% today. In this analysis. we look at positioning in the communication services sector in detail, highlighting the funds and stocks that make up exposure …

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