The strategy will invest in A-Shares listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges traded via the HongKong Stock Connect, H-shares listed in Hong Kong as well as Chinese companies that are listed globally. It will be managed by William Chuang, who has over 18 years of investment experience and currently oversees the Greater China region research for AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) Framlington Equities investment platform.
We see that the Chinese equity market offers a diverse and attractive set of opportunities to investors. Our goal is to tap into those opportunities with a robust investment approach and the flexibility to invest across Chinese onshore and offshore equities,» said Chuang, portfolio manager at AXA IM in a media statement on Friday.
We have been researching Chinese companies for many years, we felt this was the optimum time to launch an All-China strategy as the Chinese A-share market attracts greater interest following inclusion into various indices and importantly, there are plenty of high-quality companies which are benefitting from structural growth drivers including rising consumption, technology innovation and shifting demographics,» Chuang added.
Utilizing a fundamental, bottom-up investment approach, Chinese companies will be selected through the lens of five long term investment trends which form the basis of AXA IM Framlington Equities’ evolving economy thematic range: