Chinese regulator gives nod to mutual fund targeting Korean chipmakers

Chinese regulator gives nod to mutual fund targeting Korean chipmakers

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

China’s securities regulator has given the greenlight to the country’s first mutual fund targeting top Chinese and South Korean chipmakers, an official at Huatai-PineBridge Fund Management Co said, amid an escalating Sino-U.S. tech war.