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China Consumer Staples: Conviction overweight

Consumer Staples

Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden reports how active MSCI China funds are positioned for the outperformance of the Consumer Staples sector - overweights are near record levels at +3.97% above the benchmark. Today’s 7 most widely held stocks in the sector join a prized group of just 15 companies that have ever been owned by more than 20% of funds at any one time. Dubbed the 20% Club, 8 of these stocks have since left, with Luzhou Laojiao the most recent entrant. The remaining 6 stocks are Kweichow Moutai (the highest conviction holding), China Mengniu Dairy, China Resources Beer, Wuliangye Yibin, Inner Mongolia Yibin and Tsingtao Brewery.

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- 23 June, 2023