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 Construction Bank Co among their ten largest positions, with about £858.3M of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invesco China Equity Fund (UK)Invesco | Active | 8.95% | −10.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.64% | £158.5M | Free account |
| Barings Hong Kong China FundBarings | Active | 7.90% | −10.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.70% | £950.8M | Free account |
| China FundBlackRock | Active | 7.53% | −14.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.82% | £802.0M | Free account |
| China OpportunitiesSchroders | Active | 3.86% | −13.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.84% | £674.4M | Free account |
| Ofi Invest ESG China Equity All SharesOFI INVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT | Active | 3.70% | −15.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.35% | £79.3M | Free account |
| Emerging Markets Equity SelectAmundi | Active | 3.15% | +47.0% | Pro | Pro | 2.08% | £288.6M | Free account |
| Ethical Emerging Markets ValueSparinvest | Active | 2.85% | +42.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.44% | £25.6M | Free account |
| Value Partners High-Dividend Stocks FundValue Partners | Active | 2.80% | +8.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.25% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs China A-Share Equity PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 2.55% | +5.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.86% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Lazard Emerging Markets FundLazard Asset Management | Active | 2.10% | +22.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.04% | £1.8B | Free account |
| Franklin MSCI China Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETFFranklin Templeton | Passive | 1.97% | −22.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.22% | £6.9M | Free account |
| Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Sustainable Emerging MarketsSwisscanto | Active | 1.93% | +33.7% | Pro | Pro | 2.06% | £825.4M | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets CORE® Equity PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 1.74% | +14.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.56% | £3.4B | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Multifactor Select Equity FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.59% | +38.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £188.3M | Free account |
| DPAM L Equities Emerging Markets Selection MSCI IndexDegroof Petercam Asset Management | Passive | 1.50% | +14.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.89% | £415.4M | Free account |
| UBS Global Emerging Markets Equity Climate Transition FundUBS | Active | 1.49% | +32.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £218.4M | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Selection Equity Index FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.49% | +15.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.13% | £182.2M | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Enhanced Index Sustainable EquityGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 1.37% | +13.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.60% | £1.2B | Free account |
| Robeco QI Emerging Markets Active EquitiesRobeco | Active | 1.23% | +16.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.52% | £5.5B | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Quality Select Equity FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.18% | +20.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.19% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Robeco QI Emerging Markets 3D Enhanced Index Equities IIRobeco | Active | 1.16% | +36.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.52% | £412.4M | Free account |
| Robeco QI Emerging Markets 3D Enhanced Index EquitiesRobeco | Active | 1.14% | +36.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.52% | £303.2M | Free account |
| Robeco Emerging Markets Equities Beta EnhancedLombard Odier | Active | 1.12% | +20.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.65% | £1.7B | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Climate Equity FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.11% | +30.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.18% | £430.7M | Free account |
| Vanguard ESG Emerging Markets All Cap Equity Index FundVanguard | Passive | 1.11% | +18.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £869.7M | Free account |
| Vanguard ESG Emerging Markets All Cap UCITS ETFVanguard | Passive | 1.09% | +17.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.19% | £24.7M | Free account |
| Robeco QI Emerging Markets Enhanced Index EquitiesRobeco | Active | 1.06% | +17.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.52% | £1.8B | Free account |
| Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETFVanguard | Passive | 1.00% | +0.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.17% | £2.3B | Free account |
| iShares Emerging Markets Equity ESG Screened and Optimised Index Fund (UK)BlackRock | Passive | 0.97% | +33.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.19% | £1.8B | Free account |
| Satrix Emerging Markets Equity Tracker FundSanlam Investments UK | Passive | 0.95% | +30.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.33% | £234.3M | Free account |
| Mercer Emerging Markets SharesMercer Investments (Australia) Limited | Not classified | 0.93% | +17.2% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £1.1B | Free account |
| abrdn Evolve Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity Index FundAberdeen Group plc | Active | 0.90% | +28.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £151.5M | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Screened Equity Index FGR FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 0.88% | +15.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £4.9B | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Screened Equity Index FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 0.88% | +15.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.06% | £2.5B | Free account |
| MSCI Emerging Min TEBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Passive | 0.84% | +33.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.72% | £2.9B | Free account |
| Emerging Markets IndexPictet | Passive | 0.84% | +30.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.39% | £812.8M | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Equity Index FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 0.84% | +30.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £254.0M | Free account |
| Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index FundVanguard | Passive | 0.82% | +11.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.23% | £15.8B | Free account |
| MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index FundHSBC | Passive | 0.82% | +30.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.13% | £908.0M | Free account |
| Fidelity Index Emerging Markets FundFidelity | Passive | 0.80% | +11.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £2.1B | Free account |
| abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Tracker FundAberdeen Group plc | Passive | 0.80% | +30.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £690.6M | Free account |
| Fidelity MSCI Emerging Markets Index FundFidelity | Passive | 0.80% | +30.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £97.8M | 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.
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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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