EPFR China Share Class Allocations Dataset

EPFR China Share Class Allocations dataset

The demand from both investors and the financial industry for a reliable and regular source of data to balance exposure to China and minimize A Shares market volatility has led us to create and introduce our latest EPFR dataset; China Share Class Allocations.

Foreign investment activity in China’s domestic equity market is increasing at a rapid rate. In recent months, the increased allocation in several widely followed and traded indices has kept the spotlight squarely on the domestically listed A Shares. But, portfolio managers need to balance their exposure to China to minimize the volatility that is a feature of the retail-driven A Shares market. There are eight other China Share Classes that managers and investors can use to achieve this, and many of them offer the chance for excess returns.

This new dataset allows investors to access: • Foreign investor sentiment towards China with combined mutual fund and ETF data to deep dive into what has been a ‘traditionally opaque’ market • An equity market’s total market value in excess of $12 trillion in more than 4,000 publicly traded Chinese securities

Features of the China Share Class Allocations dataset • This dataset includes dedicated China, Greater China, Global, Global Emerging Markets (GEM) and Asia ex-Japan Regional Equity Funds • Tracks the exposure of this universe to nine distinct share classes: • A Shares, B Shares, H Shares, P Chip, S Chip, N Shares, Red Chip, T Chip and ADRs (for definitions, see overleaf) • Offers clients the ability to drill-down to manager and fund level data • Includes 800+ funds with an AUM of $2 trillion (as of 12/31) and climbing • Will be reported Monthly • Current history stretches back to 2014 • Reports will be delivered by email, FTP or by logging in to EPFR platform (next.epfrglobal.com)

For more information about EPFR: Email [email protected] Visit: financialintelligence.informa.com/epfr China Share Classes defined & GEM Fund trends illustrated

Country of Category Country of Listing Trading Currency Incorporation

A Share PRC China CNY

USD (Shanghai) B Share PRC China HKD (Shenzen)

H Share PRC HK SAR HKD

Red Chip Non-PRC HK SAR HKD

P Chip Non-PRC HK SAR HKD

S Chip Non-PRC Singapore SGD

N Share Non-PRC USA USD

T Chip PRC Taiwan TWD

ADR PRC USA USD

For more information about EPFR: Email [email protected] Visit: financialintelligence.informa.com/epfr