featured insights & webinar
We are modernizing the Asian beta landscape and lowering costs as well. For those reading our past posts, you’ll know we are planning to list new A-share beta strategies, improving on what exists today in both design and cost. We are finally at our destination, with HKEx listing scheduled for Oct 24 subject to final regulatory approvals.
Oct 13, 2017
A-shares are a deeper, broader, cheaper and less correlated market than offshore Chinese equities. Investors should review their portfolios given the benefits of A-shares to overall asset allocation.
Sep 28, 2017
Size works in A-shares, but for this article we'll put that aside and focus on implementation feasibility.
Aug 01, 2017
Without any screening or selection, solely investing in all SOEs or the largest market cap SOEs may not be optimal strategies. What is important for investors is how to capture the current contributors and engines for future growth of China economy regardless whether the underlying stocks are SOEs or non-SOEs.
Jul 04, 2017
A quick review of what MSCI did and didn't do, its impact, why it matters and how investors should approach China going forward.
Jun 23, 2017
Our advisor, Dr. Jason Hsu, recently did a podcast with Meb Faber (co-founder and CIO of Cambria Investment Management) on China opportunities, investors' preference for complexity over simplicity, and key takeaways for investors implementing smart beta strategies in China.
Jun 08, 2017
This morning Bloomberg ran a story about LeEco, a Chinese technology conglomerate that has been growing rapidly until recently.
May 24, 2017
Are all smart beta products smart? This is a question I've asked a few times over the last few years but always got a "nuanced" answer depending on the product being marketed.
May 15, 2017
Can you trust the numbers reported by all Chinese listed corporations? Absolutely not. But that doesn't mean smart beta can't generate alpha. With help from our friends at Rayliant, we dive into a factor metric that allows us to deprioritize earnings manipulators and to generate alpha from their efforts.
Jan 17, 2017
BY TOPICS
Chart Of the Week
David Lai , CFA
CFA
Taiwan equities have almost fully recovered from July’s sharp selloff and are on track to challenge new highs as the global AI trade regains momentum. Foreign investors turned net buyers during the first 10 trading days of August, accumulating USD1.7bn, reflecting renewed confidence in Taiwan’s technology-led growth outlook. With the market’s leading technology companies continuing to deliver strong earnings and benefiting from sustained AI investment, Taiwan remains well positioned to participate in the next leg of the global AI upcycle. TSMC reported a 45% year-on-year increase in monthly sales, underscoring resilient AI hardware demand despite market volatility. The global chipmaking leader also raised its full-year capital spending and revenue projections, reflecting confidence that robust demand for AI chips will extend into 2027 and beyond. MediaTek’s 2026 outlook has strengthened following robust 2Q results, with structural growth drivers broadening from premiumization to diversification. A richer high-end smartphone mix and growing demand for custom AI silicon could help reaccelerate sales growth in 2027–28. Delta Electronics reported a 47.7% jump in July sales, driven by rising demand for server-related power-supply products. Increasing AI server power consumption, higher efficiency requirements and the shift toward higher-density racks should sustain demand for advanced power solutions, raising Delta’s content per rack and improving revenue quality. ASE Technology also reported 43.2% growth in July revenue, supported by rapid expansion in advanced chip packaging. Its Fan-Out Chip-on-Substrate technology, which connects chips without requiring a large silicon interposer, offers an attractive performance-to-cost proposition versus TSMC’s interposer-based CoWoS. For investors seeking broad exposure to Taiwan’s technology supply chain, the Premia FTSE TWSE Taiwan 50 ETF offers a useful vehicle. Its underlying index provides diversified exposure to Taiwan’s 50 largest companies and has outperformed major Taiwan equity benchmarks year-to-date, offering investors a broad-based way to participate in the continued expansion of the AI ecosystem.
Aug 19, 2026
