The April decision is coming! For a worry-free allocation, consider the A500 ETF Huatai-PineBridge (563360), to help achieve balanced allocation and seize overall opportunities in the A-shares market.

With April’s decision period approaching, and the release of A-share 2025 Q1 reports getting underway, the market is shifting from an expectation-driven mode to pricing based on reality—quality of economic data, the ability to deliver earnings, and marginal changes in policy. Sectors represented by the CSI A500 Index, which have higher earnings certainty and improving business conditions, may become the core direction that attracts capital focus. In addition, during the Qingming holiday, news related to conflicts in the Middle East intensified; against the backdrop of rising uncertainty from abroad, broad-based ETF products—thanks to their wide coverage and solid fundamentals—have become one of the key tools to help investors seize overall opportunities in A-shares.

It is understood that the CSI A500 Index provides balanced coverage of A-share industry leaders. By accounting for fewer than 10% of individual stocks, it contributes 53% of A-share total market value, combining both market-cap representativeness and industry coverage, thereby better reflecting the overall performance of A-shares. Among them, the A500 ETF Huatai-PineBridge (563360) is currently the largest product in terms of scale tracking the CSI A500 Index in the A-share market. As of 2026/4/3, its latest size reached 36.050 billion yuan. In the recent volatile market, it has maintained active trading. In March, its average daily trading value totaled 7.4 billion yuan, making it the only product among the ETFs tracking the same underlying index with average daily trading value exceeding 7.2 billion yuan, highlighting strong investor preference.

Recently, the A500 ETF Huatai-PineBridge (563360) released its 2025 annual fund report. The report shows that over the full year of 2025, the ETF generated a profit of 4.846 billion yuan for investors. It is one of only a few ETFs tracking the CSI A500 Index in the same period with profits exceeding 4.8 billion yuan. Meanwhile, in the second half of 2025, the number of account holders increased by 23,000, representing a half-year growth rate of 89.41%. It is also one of only a few products tracking the same underlying index with holder count growth exceeding 20,000. Market recognition and the investor base continue to be strengthened, making it a popular choice for broad-based index allocation.

Worth noting is that the A500 ETF Huatai-PineBridge (563360) and its index-linked fund products (Class A 022438 / Class C 022439) are also low-fee options that help on-exchange and off-exchange investors allocate to core assets. The product’s annual management fee rate and annual custody fee rate are 0.15% and 0.05%, respectively—both are the lowest-tier fee structures among equity index funds in the current A-share market.

Haitong International Securities’ Chief Economist pointed out that China’s recent asset adjustment has been driven more by an overseas factor, often described as “one fire at the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat.” Combined with the bottoming out of real estate and the stabilization and recovery of the economy, the investment value and valuation appeal of Chinese assets may continue to improve. At this stage, it is an important window for allocating to China’s “hard-core” assets. By selecting high-quality assets with growth potential, investors may be able to seize long-term strategic opportunities under the restructuring of the international order.

The manager of the A500 ETF Huatai-PineBridge (563360) and its index-linked funds (Class A 022438 / Class C 022439), Huatai-PineBridge Fund Management, is among the first batch of ETF managers in China. For years, it has been committed to providing investors with index tools that offer transparent holdings, convenient trading, and low fees. According to data from the fund’s latest annual report, in 2025 Huatai-PineBridge Fund Management delivered cumulative profits of 111.14 billion yuan to investors. It is one of only seven fund companies in the entire market with profits exceeding 100 billion yuan during the same period.

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