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The Metropolitan Entertainment Centre by Canad Inn281 Donald Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C5S4
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China and Emerging Countries:
Direct Access to their Stock Markets
We regret to inform you that due to Blackrocks latest precautionary travel restrictions around the Covid-19 outbreak, Henry Shen will no longer be able to travel to Canada on March 25th. We hope we’ll be able to reschedule it soon. Thank you for your understanding.
Join us in a discussion on tackling the fastest growing segment of global equity markets and how it can help investors generate significant alpha in the space. MSCI recently added China A-shares in its emerging market and global indexes and BlackRock anticipated this backdrop and began investing onshore in China in 2012 as there is an early-movers' advantage.
Did you know?
- Less than 3% of the Chinese market is owned by foreign investors
- This market is dominated by retail investors
- Social media posts contain a tremendous amount of data about investor sentiment
Join us to discuss:
- Tackling the fastest growing segment of global equity markets
- Needing technology such as machine-reading and AI for this unruly information both in emerging markets and global developed markets
Speaker Biography
Henry Shen, Director - BlackRock
Henry Shen, Director, is a senior investment strategist within BlackRock's Systematic Active Equity (SAE) group. He is responsible for the growth of SAE's investment platform, with primary focuses on China-A, Asia Pacific, and Global Equity strategies.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Shen was a member of BlackRock's Asia ex-Japan Institutional Client Business group, responsible for developing and maintaining institutional relationships with clients and prospects in Taiwan and China.
Before joining BlackRock in 2012, Mr. Shen was a researcher at the Duke Medical Center and the University's Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is a published author for the Journal of Biomechanics.
Mr. Shen studied Biomedical Engineering and Economics, and received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Duke University.