China offers 'significant growth opportunities'

With a the Chinese New Year approaching, investors with private wealth have been told that the country could offer them significant opportunities after a "challenging" 12 months.

According to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), the year of the dragon is likely to bring with it a certain amount of reward, even though there will also be some unpredictability in the market.

Polling its members, the organisation suggests that some may have been too quick to write off the investment opportunities available in China, which is now the second-largest economy in the world and is also still experiencing much higher growth rates than its western counterparts.

The AIC said that some of the leading investment gurus for emerging markets are actually increasing their exposure to China and Hong Kong, with member sentiment suggesting that this market is still undervalued.

Looking at investment companies with the highest weightings in China it found that average Asia Pacific companies excluding Japan offered a share price total return on £100 of £88.39 after one year and £192.40 after ten.

Those figures stood at £80.27 and £517 for investment companies specializing in global emerging markets.

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