The possibility of including China’s domestic A-shares in the MSCI index this year has risen to 60%, Standard Chartered Bank said. The MSCI World Index covers equities in 23 major markets globally and has USD2.7 trillion in assets benchmarked to the index. three rejections since 2014, MSCI is set to rule again on June 21 whether it will accept China’s domestic A sharesin its index, but analysts anticipate the real impact will be minor as the resulting capital inflows will be limited in the short term. Zhang Xiaojun, Spokesman for the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), said that “China will be glad to see it happen, but the pace of China’s reform” will not be affected by MSCI’s decision. Theoretically, the initial inclusion could trigger fund inflows of CNY79.6 billion, compared with the daily trading turnover of CNY400 billion to CNY600 billion. Actual implementation would not take place until June 2018, and A-share stocks would represent only 0.5% in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.