Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Active conviction rising: China Industrials allocations are nearing all-time highs, with record participation and expanding net overweights despite a declining MSCI EM benchmark weight.</li>
<li>Clear conviction overweight: 76% of GEM funds are overweight China &amp; HK Industrials, making it the strongest country/sector conviction play across the EM universe.</li>
<li>Broadening beyond CATL: While CATL remains dominant, ownership is widening to emerging names, even as second-tier stocks show sharper rotations and selective positioning.</li>
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Active conviction rising: China Industrials allocations are nearing all-time highs, with record participation and expanding net overweights despite a declining MSCI EM benchmark weight.
Clear conviction overweight: 76% of GEM funds are overweight China &amp; HK Industrials, making it the strongest country/sector conviction play across the EM universe.
Broadening beyond CATL: While CATL remains dominant, ownership is widening to emerging names, even as second-tier stocks show sharper rotations and selective positioning.


China & HK Industrials: EM’s Key Overweight Grows Stronger

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

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CX Daily: Trading by Algorithm: Who is Responsible When AI Calls the Shots? 

Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

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<li>Precious and energy-transition metals lead as structural scarcity, central-bank demand, and electrification support gold, silver, copper, aluminium, zinc, and rare earths into 2026.</li>
<li>Bulks and hydrocarbons lag with weak China demand, oversupply, and compressed margins across iron ore, nickel, steel, coal, and crude, keeping the segment firmly underweight.</li>
<li>Top Asia exposures include Zijin, Korea Zinc, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta, CMOC, JXAM, SMM, Mitsui, Jiangxi Copper, NALCO, Hongqiao, Hindalco, Shenghe, and CNRE.</li>
</ul>


Precious and energy-transition metals lead as structural scarcity, central-bank demand, and electrification support gold, silver, copper, aluminium, zinc, and rare earths into 2026.
Bulks and hydrocarbons lag with weak China demand, oversupply, and compressed margins across iron ore, nickel, steel, coal, and crude, keeping the segment firmly underweight.
Top Asia exposures include Zijin, Korea Zinc, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta, CMOC, JXAM, SMM, Mitsui, Jiangxi Copper, NALCO, Hongqiao, Hindalco, Shenghe, and CNRE.


Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of HSI in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), LONGFOR, WEICHAI POWER, BIDU.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of HSI in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), LONGFOR, WEICHAI POWER, BIDU.


HSI Index Earning Revision (Sep): AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), BIDU

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CX Daily: Congo’s Cobalt Controls Deepen Uncertainty for Chinese Miner 

China

CMOC Group Limited is a Chinese mining company engaged in the mining, beneficiation, smelting, and refining of base and rare metals, as well as mineral trading. It is a world-leading producer of copper, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, and niobium, and a leading producer of phosphate fertilizer. The company is headquartered in Luoyang, Henan, People's Republic of China, and was founded in 1969.

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CMOC (3993 HK)

China & HK Industrials: EM’s Key Overweight Grows Stronger

China Industrials are back in focus. Active EM managers are increasing exposure, participation is at record highs, and conviction is spreading...

Steven Holden

CX Daily: Trading by Algorithm: Who is Responsible When AI Calls the Shots?

Trading by Algorithm: Who is Responsible When AI Calls the Shots? It was a battle unlike anything Wall Street had ever...

Caixin Global

Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...

Rahul Jain

HSI Index Earning Revision (Sep): AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), BIDU

We analyzed HSI's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), LONGFOR,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CX Daily: Congo’s Cobalt Controls Deepen Uncertainty for Chinese Miner

TOP STORIES Cobalt / In Depth: Congo’s Cobalt Controls Deepen Uncertainty for Chinese Miner It has been a rough year for the world’s largest...

Caixin Global

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China & HK Industrials: EM’s Key Overweight Grows Stronger

China Industrials are back in focus. Active EM managers are increasing exposure, participation is at record highs, and conviction is spreading...

Steven Holden

CX Daily: Trading by Algorithm: Who is Responsible When AI Calls the Shots?

Trading by Algorithm: Who is Responsible When AI Calls the Shots? It was a battle unlike anything Wall Street had ever...

Caixin Global

Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

​Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...

Rahul Jain

HSI Index Earning Revision (Sep): AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), BIDU

We analyzed HSI's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in AIA, LI AUTO, PING AN, ICBC, ORIENT OVERSEAS (INTERNATIONAL), LONGFOR,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CX Daily: Congo’s Cobalt Controls Deepen Uncertainty for Chinese Miner

TOP STORIES Cobalt / In Depth: Congo’s Cobalt Controls Deepen Uncertainty for Chinese Miner It has been a rough year for the world’s largest...

Caixin Global

Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...