Building Beta-Plus Benchmarks from Enhanced Equity Funds

Summary

The report proposes benchmark indexes built from funds that seek to outperform the CSI 300 or CSI 500. It combines contractually designated index-enhanced funds with other funds identified as similar through their benchmarks, tracking error, and historical equity exposure. Fund selection also considers assets under management, manager tenure, monthly win rate, and excess returns after removing IPO subscription gains. The intended use is as a long-term allocation reference for investors seeking returns above a broad market benchmark.

The indexes group funds into comprehensive and more specific categories, including selected enhanced funds and quantitative or discretionary lookalikes. Historical analysis reported positive annualized excess returns across the listed categories, with stronger figures in some CSI 500 groups than in the CSI 300 groups. These are historical results from the report, not evidence that outperformance will persist. The authors flag manager or team changes, shifts in return sources, policy shocks, and possible exposure drift among funds not formally mandated to enhance an index. The text summarizes the report but does not provide its full methodology or underlying data.

Key ideas

• The proposed benchmarks combine formally designated enhanced funds with funds selected for similar behavior.
• Screening uses exposure, tracking error, fund size, manager tenure, monthly win rate, and excess returns.
• The series covers CSI 300 and CSI 500 benchmarks and separates fund groups by enhancement approach.
• The reported historical excess returns vary across categories and do not establish future performance.
• Manager changes, policy shocks, and exposure drift are identified as risks.

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