* MSCI said it will raise the weighing of A-shares in its indexes by changing the inclusion factor to 20% from 5% * Greater inclusion will drive more capital into the mainland market and those who have ignored the market due to its negligible weighting will likely reconsider its importance, analysts said (Beijing) — Global index giant MSCI Inc. Said Friday it will increase the weighting of China A-shares in its indexes by raising the inclusion factor to 20% from 5%, and shorten the time-frame for adding shares from the country’s startup board, marking another milestone for Beijing’s drive to boost Chinese stocks’ global exposure.

The index compiler said it would lift a cap on the free-float-adjusted market value of A-shares to 20% from the current 5% for a number of its indexes, most notably the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. It will implement the move in three stages this year instead of the two it previously proposed, lifting the inclusion factor for large-cap shares to 10% in May, to 15% in August, and to 20% in November, according to a company statement. That's dancing 1985 torrent movie. MSCI said in its announcement Friday that it decided to implement the change in three phases instead of two “to alleviate potential execution pressure on the implementation dates.” After MSCI completes its plan, the overall weighting of Chinese mainland stocks in the MSCI Emerging Market Index will rise to 3.3% from the current level of about 0.7%. The index will include 253 large-cap and 168 mid-cap stocks. The shares eligible for inclusion will include 27 stocks on the ChiNext, China’s Nasdaq-like startup board, consisting of 12 large-cap stocks and 15 mid-cap stocks, the announcement said. The stocks would be added in three phases. Deckmaster marine software free download software. MSCI accelerated its timetable for including mid-cap shares, said Remy Briand, chairman of the MSCI Index Policy Committee.

“We are getting back to the normal treatment of mid caps in the index more quickly, which is what investors really wanted,” he said. However, Briand also suggested that the time was not yet ripe to include small-cap mainland shares in MSCI indexes. Most small-cap stocks are not yet available through the Stock Connect, which links mainland and Hong Kong markets. Chin Ping Chia, MSCI’s head of research for Asia Pacific, estimated that MSCI’s inclusion of more mainland shares would result in around $80 billion in inflows into the mainland stock markets. Along with the other new inflows from FTSE Russell’s inclusion of mainland stocks into its own indexes, the mainland stock markets will receive total new inflows of $150 billion from this May to March 2020, according to estimates by the bank J.P. Driving force Getting more mainland shares into much-followed global stock indexes is highly valued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), which has been trying for years to make Chinese shares more accessible to foreign investors.

To win support for great inclusion in the indexes, the CSRC held several roadshows so it could make its case to offshore foreign financial institutions. “At the end of the day, the (inclusion) process is driven by the authorities,” Briand said. “Our role is to explain why certain things are needed for global investors to access the market. Authorities can cope with the requirement, or delay because they need more time. That is really what’s driving the pace of inclusion.” Many market participants have commented that MSCI’s further inclusion of mainland shares was proof that China’s measures to open its financial market are moving in the right direction.