All China articles – Page 5
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Real Estate Convictions: Asset Manager’s View of the European Real Estate Markets
2022 saw a more pronounced than expected global slowdown, due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation, a tightening of financial conditions and the persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic in China.
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ETF: The China equity rally is not over yet
Chinese equities have staged an impressive comeback since hitting multi-year-lows during the third quarter last year.
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China’s Reopening Bodes Well for Asian Fixed-Income Markets
Markets have responded warmly to China’s easing of its zero-COVID policy, although it’s not clear yet how quickly or smoothly the country’s economy will recover. While some bumps in the road are likely, we expect China’s reopening could lead to further gains in Asian credit and currencies in 2023.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden “Rabbit”
Read more on how 5G technology plays a pivotal role in the Chinese live-streaming e-commerce market.
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Firmer foundations for China’s property market in 2023
The Chinese property sector has been in the headlines over the past year, and not for the right reasons.
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A Delayed Reckoning
Equity markets had momentum coming into 2023, but has the economic data now become too bad for investors to ignore?
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China’s structural growth - From opportunities to challenges with risks
After more than 40 years of economic reforms, China is arguably moving from an era of growth opportunities to one of growth challenges, characterised by reform fatigue, resistance to change and diminishing returns on investment. Looking ahead, what will drive China’s long-term growth?
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Emerging-Market Equities: Can the Bounce Be Sustained?
It’s been a long, hard slog for emerging-market (EM) equities. Since peaking in late 2010, EM stocks have underperformed global developed equities amid a confluence of macroeconomic and market headwinds. Now, a regime change unfolding in global markets may actually help improve conditions for beleaguered developing-world stocks.
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Asian credit outlook: a bright spot in 2023
After 2022 marked one of the worst years on record for fixed income, Asia is expected to be the world’s bright spot in 2023. We believe Asian credit reached a bottom in early November 2022 and is now on the ascendent due to China pivoting away from its zero-Covid policy and back towards a pro-growth stance, as well as the emergence of clear US disinflationary trends.
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FinTech equities: trends to watch in 2023
Excessive valuations in our FinTech universe are now largely gone, contributing to a positive 2023 outlook, in our view. We are increasing our exposure to upcoming FinTech companies.
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China’s Growth and Policy Priorities Pave New Paths to Equities
From COVID lockdowns to a property crisis, China’s economy suffered major shocks in 2022. But as the world’s most populous nation rapidly reopens its economy, we believe China will present attractive opportunities—particularly for investors who are prepared to understand its nuances.
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Emerging-Market Debt Outlook 2023: A Shifting Balance of Risks
Financial markets offered few opportunities for refuge in 2022, and emerging-market bonds were no exception. We expect the past year’s difficult conditions to gradually unwind in 2023, but risks remain, and investors will need to be selective.
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JD.com engagement case study
JD.com has demonstrated its effort to improve its governance and ESG reporting in recent years. The company separated the chair and CEO roles earlier this year and released its first ESG report that focused on its ESG commitment, including climate change mitigation.
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Prospects for emerging equities are encouraging
Next year is likely to be a relatively lacklustre one for global equities. But that would still be a major improvement on the dismal 2022.
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China: back to pragmatism
2022 ended in an abrupt fast-track reopening. In one month, China dropped most of its Covid-related restrictions, vowed to support the housing market more, and set pro-growth policies. We expect the Chinese economy to be separated from the global slowdown in 2023, accelerating from a low base. ...
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Why It’s About to Get Even More Complicated From Here
This year’s choices were hardly simple, but economic policymakers in China, Europe and the United States face much trickier decisions in 2023.
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Beyond reopening: China’s transformation
Reopening and cheap valuations are just a few of the reasons investors should be looking at China next year, says James Cook, Investment Director for Global Emerging Markets at Federated Hermes Limited.
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India’s star shines as stocks reach an all-time high
Indian equities surge this year as economy becomes an attractive alternative for investors moving away from China.
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China enters ‘new phase’ of Covid recovery following civil unrest
Just over a month into his unprecedented third term, Chinese president Xi Jinping sees authority tested by wave of political protests in response to Beijing’s stringent Covid-19 restrictions and outcry over media suppression.
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Has China broken the ‘doom-loop’? An Asia credit perspective
The confluence of disinflationary trends taking hold in the US, and a decisive turn in Chinese policy, has broken the doom-loop for Chinese assets and Asian credit which has plagued markets since the third quarter of 2021.