It’s Decision Time for MSCI as Global Rally Bypasses China
- Investors will find out if it’s fourth-time lucky for A shares
- Mainland stocks have struggled this year amid deleveraging
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China’s fourth attempt at cracking into MSCI Inc.’s benchmark share indexes comes with its best chance of success -- and the least at stake.
In what’s become an annual event, MSCI will announce at 4:30 a.m. Hong Kong time on Wednesday whether China’s domestic stocks have won inclusion. Previous efforts have foundered on concern over repatriation limits and excessive trading suspensions, obstacles the index compiler has sought to overcome with a less ambitious proposal.