China manufacturing PMI falls to 49.3 in October
China's official manufacturing PMI contracted to 49.3 in October from 50.1, signaling weaker demand and business confidence at seven-month lows.
Funds in our coverage with China Merchants Bank Co Ltd among their ten largest positions, with about £374.4M of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Focus FundFidelity | Active | 3.98% | −17.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.90% | £1.5B | Free account |
| Quilter Investors China Equity FundQuilter Investors | Active | 3.87% | −8.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £143.0M | Free account |
| China A Share Sustainable Equity FundAberdeen Group plc | Active | 3.50% | +4.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.13% | £637.2M | Free account |
| China A-Share Opportunities FundJ.P. Morgan Asset Management | Active | 3.15% | +8.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.75% | £2.8B | Free account |
| BlackRock Asia Pacific Absolute Return FundBlackRock | Active | 2.94% | +2.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.13% | £31.1M | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs China A-Share Equity PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 2.94% | +5.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.86% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Allianz China A-SharesAllianz Global Investors | Active | 2.70% | +14.2% | Pro | Pro | 2.30% | £2.4B | Free account |
| China A-Shares AI Multi-Factor FundPing An | Active | 2.65% | n/a | Pro | Pro | 2.91% | £19.4M | Free account |
| China ASchroders | Active | 2.48% | +0.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.30% | £2.8B | Free account |
| WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend UCITS ETFWisdomTree | Passive | 2.10% | +28.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.46% | £195.6M | Free account |
| Asia Pacific Sustainable Equity FundAberdeen Group plc | Active | 2.00% | +30.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.93% | £1.0B | Free account |
| Aviva Life abrdn Asia Pacific Sustainable Equity OLAviva Life & Pension | Not classified | 2.00% | +26.9% | Pro | Pro | 2.35% | £9.7M | Free account |
| MetLife Benchmark Aberdeen Asia Pacific Gr PnMetLife | Not classified | 2.00% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £40K | Free account |
| Robeco QI Chinese A-share Active EquitiesRobeco | Active | 1.11% | −5.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.01% | £363.5M | Free account |
Weight is the share of each fund in this company. Returns are GBP, to month end. FE quartile compares a fund with its FE sector over the same year. Fund size is in GBP. Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
China's official manufacturing PMI contracted to 49.3 in October from 50.1, signaling weaker demand and business confidence at seven-month lows.
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Source: FE fundinfo. Holdings are each fund’s ten largest positions as reported, so a fund can have more of this company than shown or none at all. Returns are GBP to month end unless stated. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Capital is at risk. Information only, not advice or a recommendation.
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