MSCI to increase weighting of China A-shares in three-step process

Stock index provider MSCI said on Thursday it will increase the inclusion factor of China A-shares in its benchmark indexes to 20 percent by November in a three-step process.

The inclusion factor will increase to 10 percent from 5 percent next May, will jump to 15 percent in August and will reach 20 percent in November, MSCI said.

Also in November, MSCI will add Chinese mid-cap A-shares to its indexes with a 20 percent inclusion factor.

After implementation, the MSCI emerging market index will include 253 large-cap and 168 mid-cap China A-shares, totalling 3.3 percent pro-forma weighting of the widely-followed benchmark.

Brendan Ahern, chief investment officer at Krane Funds Advisors, which manages the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A ETF, said "I am almost crying."

"We have built the (ETF) in anticipation of this event."

KBA is up 24.6 percent so far this year.

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