China: Msci and Percent

china: Upon completion, there will be 244 large-cap and 228 mid-cap China A-shares, representing a weight of 12.1 percent and 4.1 percent in the MSCI China and MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes, respectively, according to Global Times China. The move followed MSCI's March announcement that it would increase Chinese onshore A shares within its market index by raising the inclusion factor from 5 to 20 percent with a three-step plan in May, August, and November. MSCI raised the inclusion factor for all large-cap China A-shares in its equity indexes from 15 to 20 percent, and added mid-cap China A-shares to its MSCI indexes with a 20 percent inclusion factor that will go into effect following Tuesday's market close. Sebastien Lieblich, managing director and global head of equity solutions at MSCI,said Tuesday that with this final step in increasing Chinese A-shares weight in MSCI's equity indexes, so far there hasn't been any issues with international investors. There is much uncertainty about when MSCI will take further steps to increase the inclusion, but the trend is inevitable and unstoppable, said Yang Delong, chief economist at Shenzhen-based First Seafront Fund Management. Lieblich said a timetable for the next phase inclusion has not been established. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.