HONG KONG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Global fund managers sold China equities sharply in October despite further steps from authorities aimed at boosting the world's second-largest economy, according to a report from Morgan Stanley that cited data from fund flow tracker EPFR.
"The outflows (are) mostly due to regional funds' rebalancing out of China, in which European-domiciled funds led," Morgan Stanley analysts led by Gilbert Wong said.
According to Morgan Stanley, persistent outflows have resulted in foreign long-only managers being their most underweight on China since 2018.
Stocks sold off include JD.com (9618.HK), Xiaomi (1810.HK) and China Construction Bank (601939.SS).
Separately, Goldman Sachs prime services data showed hedge fund net allocation to China increased to 8.5% as of end-October, up from 8.1% at end-September.
Persons:
Morgan Stanley, Gilbert Wong, Stocks, Goldman Sachs, Summer Zhen, Edwina Gibbs
Organizations:
Global, Reuters, Investors, CSI, HK, China Construction Bank, Baidu, AIA, Thomson
Locations:
HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, U.S