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China volatility in January reflects market anxiety, says AlphaShares

By Joseph Marsh | 9 February 2010
Keywords: china | volatility | chix | china volatility index | alphashares | china interest rates | china etfs | china ipos | jonathan masse
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Recent stock-market corrections and the disappointing performance of IPOs in China are to be expected, says the California-based asset manager.

Jonathan Masse is a senior portfolio manager at AlphaShares, a China-focused asset manager based in Walnut Creek, California. Before joining the firm, Masse served as an institutional portfolio manager and strategist at Barclays Global Investors, where his team managed $300 billion of emerging-market assets, including $8.9 billion in Chinese equities.

At the end of 2009, AlphaShares had $540 million in assets. The company has exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on its China All-Cap Index, China Real Estate, China Technology and China Small Cap indexes. In addition, it has ...

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