MSCI tells China ‘No for now’
For the third time since 2013, the US index provider rejected the inclusion of China A-shares in its flagship emerging market indices, highlighting key unresolved issues.
For the third time since 2013, the US index provider rejected the inclusion of China A-shares in its flagship emerging market indices, highlighting key unresolved issues.
China is so dominant that when A-shares are eventually included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the result could be a spate of very similar passive products.
Is the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in need of a shake-up?
MSCI’s recent decision to remove South Korea and Taiwan from its review list and exclude China’s A-shares from its EM index raises a few questions about how we should be thinking about emerging markets.