Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Steven Holden is the CEO and Founder of Copley Fund Research, an independent provider of research on equity fund positioning and performance.  Set up in 2014, Copley focuses on global, global emerging market, US, Asia Ex-Japan and China active equity funds, covering over $4tr in assets across 1300 active managers.  The company provides data and analysis on market trends, manager exposures and active fund performance to an audience of investment managers, pension funds and fund selectors worldwide.  Mr Holden’s 14-year investment banking career started in 2000, where he worked for Morgan Stanley as an equity derivative trader focused on emerging markets in London.  Following this, he spent 4 years at Citibank in London and Hong Kong as an Executive Director in derivative sales, focused again on emerging markets.

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

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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.

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Quantitative Analysis

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<li>The latest aggregate and fund level stock holding metrics among active China A-Share investors.  </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-techn-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (A) (300750 CH)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kweichow-moutai-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1553:1" rel="noopener">Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/longi-green-energy-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12703:1" rel="noopener">LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012 CH)</a>  are the most widely owned stocks in the A-Share universe</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/agricultural-bank-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:654:1" rel="noopener">Agricultural Bank of China (601288 CH)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-communications-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24562:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Communications (601328 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-pudong-devel-bank-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:736:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. (600000 CH)</a> mostly avoided by active A-Share Funds.</li>
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The latest aggregate and fund level stock holding metrics among active China A-Share investors.  

CATL (A) (300750 CH) , Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH) and LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012 CH)  are the most widely owned stocks in the A-Share universe

Agricultural Bank of China (601288 CH) , Bank Of Communications (601328 CH) and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. (600000 CH) mostly avoided by active A-Share Funds.


Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. (600000 CH)

LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012 CH)

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

China A-Shares: Stock Positioning Chart Pack