Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters
Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters
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MSCI’s major emerging-market stock indices increase weight of China shares to new high

  • The change will compel US pension funds, mutual funds and other institutional investors that track the benchmarks to add more shares of Chinese companies
  • Move occurs just as a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduce a bill that would limited investment exposure to China

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Jodi Xu Klein
Jodi Xu Klein

Updated: 2:30pm, 27 Nov, 2019

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Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters
Index provider MSCI has added shares that bring the China country weight to one-third in the emerging market index. Photo: Reuters
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