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- QDII funds' HK stock exposure cut
Date: 6-Nov-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
THE government has told asset managers preparing to launch overseas stock investment funds to cut their exposure to Hong Kong because of fears share prices in the territory may overheat, sources close to the matter said yesterday.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has instructed several local fund houses to revise the structure of their overseas stock investment products and resubmit proposals with a lower exposure to Hong Kong stocks, they said.
Mainland fund houses and banks are jostling to launch overseas stock funds under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) program, aimed at giving domestic residents more investment opportunities and to promote a better balance in its international payments.
'Several QDII applicants have been told to change their products. This is apparently aimed at avoiding a shock to the Hong Kong stock market,'a fund industry source familiar with the matter said.
Hong Kong-listed stocks, particularly shares issued by mainland firms, have soared this year, mainly on expectations of a flood of fund inflows from the mainland.
The government has also proposed a 'through train?program that would allow mainland residents to invest directly in Hong Kong stocks.
'The CSRC is requiring all QDII fund issuers, no matter whether they are banks or mutual funds, to keep their investment ratio of Hong Kong stocks under control,'another of the sources said.
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