Barclays Gartmore's China Opportunities Fund proving popular by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 16/02/07

This day - the Chinese day of the pig - is set to see a ongoing trend of investment in Chinese money rather than money being placed in the old piggy bankThis is the opinion of Philip Northey, manager of Barclays Stockbrokers, who believes that the "significant increase in insist" seen last day will carry on into 2007At present, the most well-liked Chinese fund with Barclays investors is the Gartmore China Opportunities Fund Last day saw asset investment in the Chinese finance sector grow by 220 per cent

Henk Potts, equity strategist at Barclays Stockbrokers, stated: "Reforms to China's financial arrangement - and elsewhere - are setting the sight for a novel wave of development, helping consumption to pick up strongly"The Chinese economy is buoyed by an "increasingly rich consumer base", according to Mr Potts and considering that the state has a inhabitants of some 13 billion, this represents a huge marketplace to be tapped intoBarclays Gartmore's China Opportunities Fund was ranked 10th for all funds last day and since 2005

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