Investor Presentaiton
Investment schemes for accessing China A-shares-
QFII, RQFII and Stock Connect
QFII
RQFII
Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
(North Bound)
Launch Year
2002
Scheme Currency
Eligible Entities
USD
Eligible Investments
Commercial banks, securities companies, fund
management firms, insurance companies,
pension funds, sovereign wealth funds. Size and
operational experience qualifications apply
Stocks, bonds, funds, warrants, IPOs, index
futures
Total Allocated Quota and
USD 81bn, 273 entities
2011
RMB
Financial institutions based in 15 jurisdictions
e.g. USA, Hong Kong, U.K., France,
Singapore, Germany, South Korea, Australia,
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada
Same as QFII
RMB 502bn (USD 76bn), 165 entities
2014
RMB
All Hong Kong and overseas investors
(including both retail and institutional)
No approval needed
• All constituents stocks of SSE180 and
380 Indexes
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All dual listed shares (H shares that
have A-shares in Shanghai SE)
Exceptions: Stocks on "risk alert board",
IPOS
RMB 300bn (USD46bn) in aggregate
balance
# of Licensees
(May 2016)
Liquidity
FTSE Russell
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RMB 13bn (USD2bn) daily cap.
3 months lock up period (Was 1 year, before
Feb. 2016)
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Open-Ended Funds: 1-year injection
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period. Daily injection and repatriation, no
lock up period
Daily and no restriction for sell
transaction
Open-ended funds can invest/repatriate on a
daily basis (Was weekly, before Feb 2016)
Cannot repatriate more than 20% of previous
year end's total assets each month
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Other products: 6 month investment
period, 1 year lock-up, monthly
repatriation
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Buy-trades are subject to quota on a net
buy
Cannot buy-sell-then-buy the same stock
on the same day
Source: FTSE Russell, CSRC, SAFE
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