FIGHT gradualism with gradualism. That is the philosophy underlying the decision by MSCI, a company that creates stock indices followed by leading funds, to reject Chinese shares, for now. Had MSCI chosen to bring yuan-denominated stocks into its global emerging-markets benchmark, investors around the world would have been pressed to allocate billions of dollars to China. Many fought against this because, despite China’s greater openness, access to its stockmarket is still fraught. Technically, MSCI's next review of its global indices is in one year. An earlier, off-cycle decision to bring China into the fold is possible, but MSCI made clear that the ball was in the court of Chinese regulators: only when they do more to address the concerns of foreign investors will their stockmarket enter the big leagues of global indices.
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