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- The Fund may invest in small and/or mid-sized companies, which may have lower liquidity and their prices are more volatile to adverse economic developments.
- Investment in Emerging Market, such as A-share market, may involve increased risks and special considerations not typically associated with investments in more developed markets, such as liquidity risk, currency risks, political risk, legal and taxation risks, and the likelihood of a high degree of volatility.
- The Stock Connect is subject to quota limitations. Where a suspension in the trading through the Stock Connect is effected, the Sub-Fund’s ability to invest in A-Shares or access Mainland China markets through the programme will be adversely affected.
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- Investment in Emerging Market, such as A-share market, may involve increased risks and special considerations not typically associated with investments in more developed markets, such as liquidity risk, currency risks, political risk, legal and taxation risks, and the likelihood of a high degree of volatility.
- The Stock Connect is subject to quota limitations. Where a suspension in the trading through the Stock Connect is effected, the Sub-Fund’s ability to invest in A-Shares or access Mainland China markets through the programme will be adversely affected.
- Listed companies on the ChiNext market and/or STAR Board are usually subject to higher fluctuation in stock prices and liquidity risks, over-valuation risk, differences in regulation, delisting risk, and concentration risk.
- There are risks and uncertainties associated with the current Mainland China tax laws, regulations and practice in respect of capital gains realized via Stock Connect on the Fund’s investments in Mainland China. Any increased tax liabilities on the Fund may adversely affect the Fund’s value.
- The trading price of the Fund’s unit on the SEHK is driven by secondary market trading factors, which may lead to a substantial premium or discount to the Fund’s net asset value.
- The Fund’s synthetic replication strategy may invest up to 50% of its net asset value in financial derivative instruments (“FDIs”), which may expose the Fund to counterparty/credit risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk, volatility risk and over-the-counter transaction risk. The Fund may suffer losses from its usage of FDIs.
- The Manager may at its discretion pay dividends out of the capital of the Fund. Distributions paid out of capital, represent a return of an investor’s original investment or its gains and may potentially reduce the Fund’s Net Asset Value per Share as well as the capital available for future investment.
- The Fund may suffer from a losses or delays when recovering the securities lent out. This may potentially affect its ability to meet payment and redemption obligations. Collateral shortfalls due to inaccurate pricing or change of value of securities lent, may cause significant losses to the Fund.
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CXMT’s IPO, Signalling Boom for China’s Semi industry
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has completed a highly successful Initial Public Offering (IPO). The memory maker not only raised a staggering US$9.8 billion but also witnessed its shares skyrocket by 465% on its trading debut date.
Prior to the listing, the market was concerned that CXMT’s debut would trigger a “liquidity black hole,” draining capital away from existing semiconductor stocks. This was frequently cited as a driver behind the recent underperformance of the China semiconductor sector.
However, these anxieties overlook a much more critical influence. This IPO represents a massive catalyst for the entire Chinese semiconductor industry, driven by two core pillars:
CXMT Chairman (朱一明, left) during the listing ceremony
(Source) SHEX
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The Spillover Effect
The $9.8 billion raised by CXMT marks the largest IPO for a non-financial company in the history of Chinese exchanges—a fundraising feat that would have been unimaginable just a year ago.
Compounding this, CXMT reported a stellar net profit of $9billion for the first half of this year alone. Assuming current memory pricing holds, the company is on track to generate over $18 billion in net profit for the full year of 2026. Combined, CXMT’s IPO proceeds and 2026 projected earnings will hand the company a new money of $28 billion.
CXMT plans to deploy this massive liquidity primarily toward purchasing semiconductor equipment.
To put this into perspective, the combined annual revenue of 14 major Chinese semiconductor equipment makers stands at roughly $13 billion in 2025. This means the investment capacity of this single company matches two years of revenue for the domestic equipment market.
Mirroring this outlook, shares of Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers rallied across the board on CXMT’s first day of trading. Furthermore, the Global X China Little Giant ETF (2815 HK), which features domestic equipment and component makers, closed 3% higher today.
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Ecosystem Synergies
CXMT plays an indispensable upstream role in the domestic AI semiconductor value chain by securing the critical supply of DRAM. A reliable supply of high-performance DRAM from CXMT is a prerequisite for the collective growth of the broader AI ecosystem, which includes tech heavyweights like Huawei, Cambricon, and SMIC. Armed with this robust capital base, CXMT is set to aggressively accelerate its High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) projects, which will likely act as a major catalyst for elevating the overall product competitiveness of China’s AI hardware sector.
Relevant products
Looking ahead, the market is watching the stock’s entry into thematic fund products.
According to the index methodologies for Global X China Semiconductor ETF (3191 HK) and Global X Asia Semiconductor ETF (3119 HK), large-cap IPO stocks are eligible for special inclusion five trading days post-IPO, if meeting several conditions.
Given these rules, CXMT has chance to be reflected in these two ETFs in the near term.
