East Capital

  • Echoes of 2015 in current China slump

    Echoes of 2015 in current China slump

    Beijing lowered its growth targets last week as exports recorded their sharpest year-on-year decline in three years

  • Don’t write off risky Russia just yet

    Don’t write off risky Russia just yet

    Country’s economy remains overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas

  • East Capital launches Sustainable Emerging Markets fund

    East Capital launches Sustainable Emerging Markets fund

    Specialist emerging and frontier markets manager East Capital is to launch a fund investing in socially responsible emerging market companies.

  • Valuation gap drives China demand for HK stocks

    Valuation gap drives China demand for HK stocks

    The huge surge in money flowing into Hong Kong stocks, which pushed the Hang Seng Index up to a seven-year high earlier this month, has been linked to a recent change in the Stock Connect initiative. But fund managers said the change was only a catalyst for the influx in funds.

  • East Capital is first to invest 100 in A-shares

    East Capital is first to invest 100 in A-shares

    East Capital said its UCITS-compliant China fund has become the first to be allowed to invest up to 100% of its portfolio in Chinese A-shares through the Stock Connect program.

  • East Capital launches frontier markets fund

    East Capital launches frontier markets fund

    East Capital has launched a new frontier markets fund focused on “young and fast-growing” markets with an emerging middle class and strong consumption growth.