Hi Talking about shares traded in onshore rmb in Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, are there any low cost passive ETFs available to locals there ? Or anyone could offer a mix of 5-15 chinese companies to build a buy and hold mainland portfolio ? I'm looking to end up with a volatility between Shangai and Shenzhen's (Shenzhen is closer to Nasdaq, and more volatile than Shanghai) I understand it's probably not the best place to ask about onshore china market but thanks in advance to anyone who could add some useful input on the topic.
BTW i'm thinking one can do that with futures, but what is the interest rate inbedded in chinese futures ? It might be worth if one can get a similar rate through liquid/short term structure products offered by chinese banks. Yet I'm looking for a position easy to manage, buy and hold fully paid securities seem to be the easiest to manage. Does anyone know the witholding tax, if any, on dividends paid onshore by chinese companies ? Is it witheld by the broker or is one supposed to declare those dividend in their tax return ?
This was an interesting read a few days ago on Bloomberg regarding the local Chinese futures market. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-day-for-chinese-commodity-futures-contracts
Oh... I should have written China A shares, not B, sorry guys ! And thanks for the Bloomberg's link CBC, it doesn't answer my question but it's often a show to look at chinese in a speculating frenzy - really looking at a buy and hold portfolio on mainland equities here, now that the volatility has calmed down.
Well, HKeX does have several China A share ETF, so does Taiwan Stock Exchange. I am not that familiar with HKeX product, but I can tell a little about Taiwan. There are ETFs in Taiwan base on underlying index including A50, SH180, SZ100, CSI300, also in Taiwan Futures Exchange(TAIFEX), there are the stock futures using above ETFs as underlying, the bid-offer spread is around 0.01 to 0.02 while the ETF price is at around 20.00 to 10.00.