Despite global trade and tariff tensions, one of the world’s biggest indexers is pushing ahead with plans to include mainland China stocks in its indexes. That means investors in most global funds will be owning more China stocks in the next few years.
It couldn’t come at a better time for China. The trade wars have been brutal on the country’s stock market, with the Shanghai exchange, the nation’s largest, down 17 percent in 2018. China’s stock market boosters would love the additional investment from foreign investors to help them in a difficult year.
