China's Stock Connect: What the experts say

The Stock Connect programme linking Hong Kong's stock exchange to mainland Shanghai shares finally launched this week, after being postponed as a result of protests in Hong Kong.

The programme is the most substantial opening to date of China's domestic market to foreign investors, and will allow them access to China's A-Shares, with the additional benefit of foregoing the 10% capital gains tax they would have had to pay before. The initiative is also likely to see China's A-Shares in the MSCI Emerging Markets index in the near future. The MSCI China A-Share index has returned 18.7% in the past six months, but stocks remain attractively valued, according to fund managers. Below, industry experts share their views on the programme, the way it will affect China's...