MSCI's big China decision: Have authorities done enough to open up A-shares?

Set to decide on 20 June

Fund managers have said China has taken plenty of action that should encourage the MSCI to include A-shares in its Emerging Markets index, despite the provider's chief recently warning mainland shares may not be included this year.

The MSCI is set to decide on 20 June whether to include A-shares in the EM index for the first time, after choosing to put off the move last year. It said then that investors needed more time to assess the effectiveness of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) programme investment quota allocation and new trading suspension policies. In what will mark the fourth attempt, investors have largely placed the probability of inclusion this year as higher than 50/50. Fidelity's Nicholls: Why I am excited about 'new China' Julian Mayo, co-CIO of emerging market specialist ...