China Asset Management

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A major Chinese asset-management company offering public funds, institutional mandates, exchange-traded funds, and cross-border investment products.

Last updated October 12, 2026

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Overview

China Asset Management Co., Ltd., commonly known as ChinaAMC, is a large Chinese fund-management company headquartered in Beijing. Established in 1998, it belongs to the first generation of nationally operating fund-management firms created during the development of China's modern mutual-fund and securities-investment industry. The company manages and distributes a broad range of investment products and mandates for retail investors, institutions, retirement-related pools, and other professional clients. ChinaAMC's business covers public funds across major asset classes, including equities, fixed income, money-market instruments, and mixed-asset strategies. Its institutional activities include investment management for the National Social Security Fund and corporate annuities, as well as other institutional mandates. The company also participates in China's cross-border investment framework through Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor products and related Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor services. Listed open-end funds and exchange-traded funds form another important part of its offering. The company is notable in China's asset-management history for becoming the country's first exchange-traded-fund manager. It has also served as the sole investment manager of the Asian Bond Fund China Fund, linking its domestic investment capabilities with a broader regional fixed-income initiative. ChinaAMC describes its investment approach through the principle that research creates value, emphasizing research-led portfolio construction and professional investment management. ChinaAMC operates from Beijing and has branches in Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Hangzhou. Its wider platform includes China Asset Management (Hong Kong), China Capital Management, and China Wealth Management. This structure enables the group to serve domestic public-fund clients while also maintaining institutional, wealth-management, and international capabilities. The ownership structure has included CITIC Securities as the largest shareholder. Power Corporation acquired an interest in ChinaAMC in 2011, and Mackenzie Investments, a Power Corporation-related investment business, acquired an additional interest in 2017. Together, the Power Corporation-related interests were reported to hold 27.8% of ChinaAMC, while CITIC Securities was reported to hold 62.2%. In 2024, Qatar Investment Authority was reported to have agreed to purchase a 10% stake, subject to regulatory approval. ChinaAMC joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment in 2017, becoming the first full-service Chinese asset manager to do so according to the cited reference material. As of June 30, 2023, the company and its subsidiaries were reported to have approximately RMB1.869 trillion in assets under management, equivalent to about US$261 billion at the figure's cited conversion, with nearly 220,000 institutional clients and more than 210 million retail investors. These figures describe the scale reported at that date rather than a current balance. ChinaAMC remains an active participant in China's fund-management industry, spanning public funds, institutional investment, ETFs, retirement-related mandates, and international investment products.

History

China Asset Management was established in 1998 during the formative period of China's regulated mutual-fund and securities-investment-management sector. From its Beijing base, the company developed into a national fund family serving both individual and institutional investors. Its platform expanded beyond conventional public funds to include institutional mandates, corporate annuities, National Social Security Fund investment management, listed open-end funds, and cross-border products operating within China's QDII and QFII frameworks. A significant stage in the company's development was its role in the creation of China's exchange-traded-fund market. ChinaAMC became the first ETF manager in China, establishing an early position in a product category that later became an important channel for index and broad-market investing. The company also became the sole investment manager of the Asian Bond Fund China Fund, extending its role into regional fixed income. ChinaAMC's stated investment philosophy is expressed through the idea that research creates value. This principle has been used to frame the firm's emphasis on investment research and professional portfolio management across equity, bond, money-market, and mixed-asset strategies. Its business has consequently combined mass-market public funds with more specialized institutional and international mandates. The company's domestic footprint grew through branches in Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Hangzhou. It also developed affiliated operations including China Asset Management (Hong Kong), China Capital Management, and China Wealth Management. These entities broadened the platform's reach across international investment, capital-management, and wealth-management activities. Ownership changed during the 2010s. Power Corporation acquired a stake in 2011, followed by a further investment by Mackenzie Investments in 2017. Mackenzie is owned by IGM Financial, which in turn is owned by Power Corporation. The cited ownership description reported the combined Power Corporation-related interest at 27.8%, while CITIC Securities held 62.2% and remained the largest shareholder. In 2017, ChinaAMC joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. The company was described in the cited material as the first full-service Chinese asset manager to sign the initiative, marking a formal commitment to incorporating responsible-investment considerations into its investment activities. By June 30, 2023, ChinaAMC and its subsidiaries were reported to manage RMB1.869 trillion in assets, or approximately US$261 billion in the cited reference, for nearly 220,000 institutional clients and more than 210 million retail investors. These figures illustrate the reported scale of the business at that date and should not be treated as a current financial disclosure. In June 2024, Qatar Investment Authority was reported to have agreed to purchase a 10% stake, pending approval by Chinese regulators. ChinaAMC therefore remained an active, large-scale Chinese asset manager with domestic public-fund operations and growing international shareholder and investment connections.

2024
Qatar Investment Authority agrees to acquire a 10% stake
[2]Reuters reporting on Qatar Investment Authority's proposed ChinaAMC stakereuters.com
Qatar Investment Authority was reported to have agreed to purchase a 10% interest, subject to approval by Chinese regulators.
2023
Reported assets under management reach RMB1.869 trillion
[1]China Asset Management - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
As of June 30, 2023, ChinaAMC and its subsidiaries were reported to manage RMB1.869 trillion in assets for a large institutional and retail client base.
2017
Mackenzie Investments acquires an additional stake
[1]China Asset Management - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Mackenzie Investments acquired a further interest, adding to the Power Corporation-related ownership position.
2017
Joins the Principles for Responsible Investment
[1]China Asset Management - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
ChinaAMC joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and was described as the first full-service Chinese asset manager to do so.
2011
Power Corporation acquires a stake
[1]China Asset Management - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Power Corporation entered ChinaAMC's ownership structure through a stake acquisition.
1998
China Asset Management is established
[1]China Asset Management - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
ChinaAMC was founded in Beijing as one of the early nationally operating fund-management companies in China's modern asset-management industry.

Products and positioning

Research-led, broad-platform asset management for retail and institutional investors

Fund management
Public mutual funds
ChinaAMC manages public funds for retail and institutional investors across equities, bonds, money-market instruments, and mixed-asset strategies. These products provide professionally managed exposure to domestic and, where permitted, international markets.
Exchange-traded funds
Exchange-traded funds
ChinaAMC was identified as China's first ETF manager. Its ETF business provides exchange-listed investment vehicles and represents an important part of the company's index and market-access capabilities.
Listed open-end funds
Listed open-end funds
Listed open-end funds combine fund-management structures with exchange trading. ChinaAMC offers this product type as part of its broader public-fund platform.
Cross-border investment
QDII and QFII-related products
ChinaAMC participates in cross-border investment through Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor funds and services connected with Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors, supporting investment flows between China and overseas markets within applicable regulatory frameworks.
Institutional asset management
Institutional and retirement mandates
The company manages institutional assets including mandates associated with the National Social Security Fund and corporate annuities. These activities complement its retail public-fund business and require longer-horizon portfolio construction and institutional governance.
Fixed income
Asian Bond Fund China Fund
ChinaAMC serves as the sole investment manager of the Asian Bond Fund China Fund, giving the company a distinctive role in a regional bond-investment initiative focused on China.

Controversies

2015
Source

2024
Proposed sale of a 10% stake to Qatar Investment AuthorityM&A
Background
Qatar Investment Authority sought exposure to one of China's largest fund-management businesses.
Action taken
The sovereign wealth fund agreed to buy a 10% stake in ChinaAMC, with completion subject to Chinese regulatory approval.
Aftermath
The reported transaction would add a major Middle Eastern institutional shareholder, but its final completion was not established in the supplied reference material.
Source
2017
Adoption of responsible-investment principlesStrategy
Background
ChinaAMC joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment as responsible investment became a more visible part of institutional asset management.
Action taken
The company signed up to the PRI framework and was described as the first full-service Chinese asset manager to join.
Aftermath
The move positioned ChinaAMC within the international responsible-investment community and added a formal sustainability-related commitment to its investment platform.
Source

Recent events

2021-12-27
Huaxia Fund and JD Technology launch intelligent risk-screening system[10]华夏基金与京东科技推出智能排雷系统finance.sina.com.cn
Reported: 2021-12-27
Huaxia Fund and JD Technology jointly built and launched an intelligent risk-screening system for investment research. The article reports that the system was included among the first proposed projects for Beijing's capital-market fintech innovation pilot.
2021-05-27
ChinaAMC (Hong Kong) to take over seven BMO ETFs in Hong Kong[11]华夏基金（香港）接手BMO在港七只ETFhkcd.com
ChinaAMC (Hong Kong) was reported to be acquiring and taking over seven BMO ETFs in Hong Kong, with the change scheduled to take effect the following day. The article says BMO had previously exited Hong Kong's ETF market.
Unconfirmed
China Asset Management and JD Digits sign strategic cooperation agreement[12]华夏基金与京东数科签署战略合作协议hy.stock.cnfol.com
China Asset Management and JD Digits signed a strategic cooperation agreement to deepen collaboration in asset-management technology, including building an enterprise big-data platform and cooperating on portfolio management, risk management, investment research and customer service.

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