Acadian Marks Three-Year Track Record Milestone for China A Equity Fund

BOSTON – March 11, 2026 – Acadian Asset Management LLC, a leader in systematic investing, is marking a key milestone for its China A-Shares capability. The firm’s Acadian China A Equity Fund, an Ireland-domiciled UCITS fund, reached a three-year track record milestone at the end of February, building on the China A-Shares composite that launched in April 2018.* The strategy reflects the continued evolution of Acadian’s emerging markets platform and its long-standing experience investing across Chinese equities.

The China A-Shares Equity strategy is a logical extension of Acadian’s broader emerging markets investment philosophy. Notable forerunners include Acadian’s Emerging Markets Equity strategy (launched in 1994), Frontier Markets Equity strategy (2007), and Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity strategy (2011). Acadian’s history of identifying opportunity in less traditional markets and navigating their structural complexities positioned the China A-Shares strategy as a natural evolutionary step within the firm’s systematic equity platform.

The strategy represents Acadian’s only dedicated China offering and uses the firm’s RQFII license to access the full A-shares universe directly. It applies the same structured and disciplined investment process used across Acadian’s global equity strategies, supported by more than 25 years of experience investing in Chinese H-shares, B-shares, and ADRs, as well as deep expertise across emerging and frontier markets.

“The China A-Shares market continues to evolve in depth and sophistication, and we believe a disciplined, systematic approach is well suited to navigating its complexity,” said Francis Seah, Managing Director at Acadian Asset Management Singapore. “We’ve been investing in China since 1996, when the then-ascending country began to be included in major emerging markets indices. Our A-Shares strategy is informed by our extensive experience, but is calibrated to the uniqueness of the onshore Chinese equity market." 

*The Acadian China A Equity fund is available to professional investors in Hong Kong and accredited investors in Singapore.

About Acadian Asset Management

Acadian Asset Management is among the largest systematic specialist managers in the world. With four decades of experience, Acadian is a pioneer in investing with machine learning, natural language processing, and alternative data. The firm is headquartered in Boston, with affiliates in Singapore, Sydney, and London and a 25-year history in the APAC region. Acadian invests on behalf of sophisticated institutional investors, private wealth, and financial intermediaries, with US$178 billion in assets under management globally as of December 31, 2025.