Invesco Great Wall Fund's Liu Yanchun Steps Down as Deputy General Manager

Invesco Great Wall Fund said on September 19 that equity fund manager Liu Yanchun has stepped down as deputy general manager because of a work adjustment and will focus on investment management while continuing to manage funds, according to Jiemian News. Liu has 23 years of securities and fund industry experience, more than 17 years as a public fund manager, joined Invesco Great Wall in 2015 and was promoted to deputy general manager in 2021. Wind data showed that as of the end of the second quarter, Liu managed six funds with total assets of 24.049 billion yuan, including 12.45 billion yuan under his sole management. Before leaving the executive role, Invesco Great Wall had already added co-managers to several products: In May, Dingyi, Inner Consumption Growth and Inner Consumption Growth No. 2 were joined by Ke Haidong, Xu Yida and Liu; in June, Jiying Growth Two-Year Closed-End also added Meng Qi. After the changes, four of Liu's six funds are co-managed, while Xingxing Growth and Excellent Growth remain solely managed by him. The report said similar adjustments have been taking place across China's mutual fund industry. At E Fund, Xiao Nan, Chen Hao, Zhang Kun and Zhang Qinghua have all stepped down as deputy general managers since March 2025 to focus on investment management, while Hu Jian stepped down in July and continues to manage seven funds worth 58.623 billion yuan. Other recent cases include Changsheng Fund's Guo Kun in January, GF Fund's Fu Youxing in February, Pengyang Fund's Zhu Guoqing in July and Neuberger Berman Fund's Wei Xiaoxue more recently. Jiemian News also cited China's CSRC's May 2025 action plan on promoting high-quality development of public funds, which requires fund company shareholders and boards to give fund investment returns a weight of at least 50% in executive evaluations and fund performance a weight of at least 80% in fund manager evaluations.