• First Plus Asset Management flagged rising demand for quantitative dividend strategies as volatility increases across global assets amid low yields in China.
• It cited a 1.7% yield on 10-year Chinese government bonds, with bank wealth-management products averaging under 1.4% returns over the past year.
• The analysis noted sharp A-share divergence, with the STAR 50 Index up more than 50% at one point while dividend stocks consolidated.
• It pointed to cheaper dividend valuations, with the CSI Dividend Low Volatility Index at 0.79 price-to-book, near the 43rd percentile of 10 years.
• It expects policy support, expanding cash-flow-rich issuers, insurers, and pensions to underpin dividend assets across A-shares, Hong Kong, Taiwan.

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