Quant funds blamed for driving Chinese equities slump, but data shows they were net buyers

As Chinese equities suffered a fresh downturn in July, quantitative funds came under renewed scrutiny, accused by some investors of accelerating the sell-off through aggressive share dumping, margin lending or short positions in index futures. Industry data, however, tells a different story. Several major quant funds were net buyers during some of the market’s weakest sessions this month, according to the Private Securities Investment Fund Professional Committee under the China Securities...