De-risking and Chinese equities

CHINA ADVISORY - Report 14 Nov 2022 by Andrew Collier

There is pressure, primarily from the U.S. pension and retirement funds, to “de-risk” by reducing the weight of Chinese equities in overall portfolios. The official China data for September 2022 show net portfolio outflows. Future months are likely to show negative growth as de-risking sentiment increases. This will have limited macroeconomic impact on China’s equity market as inflows of several hundred billion are small compared with a market capitalization of over 10 trillion USD. However, the marginal impact on the equity markets and certain sectors may be substantial.

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