A tale of two worlds: China’s markets

China's domestic stock markets are a mess, riddled with inefficient companies, gerrymandered by a meddling government and hamstrung by a vast share overhang. Despite these challenges, Invesco Great Wall Fund Management Company has found a way to make money from stock picking. Much of its success rests on simply understanding the realities of its market. Chris Leahy reports.

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GIVEN THE PIONEERING nature of the fund management business in China’s large but unruly domestic stock markets, it seems appropriate that the offices of Invesco Great Wall Fund Management Company (IGT) are in the frontier town of Shenzhen, just across the Shing Mun river from its salubrious neighbour, Hong Kong. The offices of IGT, one of the early entrants to the market, certainly look the part.

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