The absence of ETFs that track overseas equities and non-equity assets, such as fixed income and commodities, may limit the attraction to both onshore and offshore institutional investors.
Market volatility is likely to remain high as investors try to figure out the duration and severity of lockdowns. Stocks with attractive valuations may start to outperform in the second half of 2022.
Fund managers are keeping an eye on how the Chinese government will rule on easing monetary policy, ending Covid lockdowns, and its relationship with Russia, while at the same time “bottom-fishing” for good deals in the world’s second-largest economy.