ETF Express Newsletter 20.09.24

Focus on China

This week sees Bailey McCann talking to KraneShares’ Brendan Ahern about the firm’s recent launch of the KraneShares China Alpha Index ETF (KCAI) listed on the NYSE and tracks the Qi China Alpha Index, which seeks to outperform the CSI 300 Index by applying a systematic machine learning approach.
To achieve this, KraneShares has joined forces with sub-adviser Quant Insight (Qi) which has created what it calls an "alpha optimisation filtering process."
Qi’s Mahmood Noorani says: "China’s A-Share market is a prime candidate for this strategy. Our research shows it has inefficiencies and volatility. It is also dominated by retail investors. This creates significant market ‘noise’ which is an opportunity."
We also have research from Carne Group this week which predicts that the ETF market will reach USD14 trillion within the next four years as institutional investors pile into the vehicles in search of inaccessible asset classes at a low cost.
Patrick O’Brien, Managing Director, Business Development at Carne Group, says: "ETFs have always been part of the investment conversation, but what’s exciting is a whole new cohort of managers that see the benefit of participating in the sector. While not all active managers will launch an ETF, pretty much all of them will look at this in the next 12 to 24 months."
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Beverly Chandler, Managing Editor
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