10/01/2019at 13:57

East Capital sees China as "key priority" in 2019

With Chinese stocks having made it into MSCI's indices last year, China is one of the main areas of focus in 2019 for Swedish emerging and frontier market investor East Capital Asset Management, partner and senior adviser Karine Hirn tells AMWatch.

Markets need to focus on fundamentals and it's difficult for them to do that when there is too much geopolitical noise says Karin Hirn from East Capital | Photo: East Capital

Reeta Paakkinen

According to East Capital's Karine Hirn, the Chinese market ought to be crucial not just for her firm but for everyone.

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