Our team has received a number of inquiries, regarding the negative news surrounding Chinese real estate developer, China Evergrande Group (Evergrande). More specifically, our clients and advisor partners have inquired about the degree of Evergrande exposure (if any) that exists across our investment portfolios.
While our portfolios are by no means insulated from the volatility that today’s news has caused across global equity markets, we can confidently say that our direct exposure to Evergrande is near zero. The company represents a weight of just 1 bps in the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets index and an equally small position in the emerging markets mutual funds and ETFs that we utilize in client portfolios. It’s also worth noting that iCM’s emerging markets equity exposure leans heavily in favor of value, which naturally leads to a sizable underweight in Chinese stocks compared to the core MSCI index.
Looking ahead, we continue to closely monitor this situation, but being valuation-focused investors, we’ve seen little change in the long-term fundamental case for emerging markets equities and fixed income.
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