Xtrackers Harvest CSI 500 China A-Shares Small Cap ETF(AMEX:ASHS)

ASHS offers vanilla exposure to the China small-cap A-share market. The fund tracks an index of the bottom 500 companies of the largest 800 companies by market cap listed in mainland China. Its only one of a handful of RQFII ETFs directly holding A-shares by partnering with RQFII-licensed Harvest Global Investments, which acts as the funds sub-advisor. Compared to its large-cap sister fund ASHR, which tracks the 300 largest A-shares, ASHS has fewer state-owned enterprises by proportion. The Underlying Index is adjusted and rebalanced twice a year, with the number of constituents adjusted not exceeding 10%.