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JF Mastrangelo

Jean-François (JF) Mastrangelo, Head of Markets, Asia Pacific at Barclays, based in Hong Kong.

Oct 27, 2026

4:18
It's a bit risky, isn't it? Is there any reason to be positive on China right now?
4:22
First, you're absolutely right on the demographics.
4:24
India and China currently have the same population, 1.4 billion, but one is growing in India, one is decreasing in China.
4:31
So China has this aging population problem, which explains why they are so much focused on technology and productivity, and why they have become the leading force of robotics.
4:41
China has a pattern that looks a little bit like Japan decades ago.
4:45
they have this population issue, but also a large domestic savings rate, 40% of the GDP, which gets invested massively in domestic bonds.
4:55
The Chinese rates are 1.6%.
5:48
What would a meaningful repatriation of Japanese capital mean for Japanese assets?

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