Safe to Take a Risk? The notion that younger Chinese investors are more willing to take risks than their global peers has long been a staple of the financial media's narrative on China's emerging wealth class.
However, a recent study by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Centre suggests this perception may be more myth than reality.
The disconnect between risk taking aspirations and actual investment choices is an "aspiration implementation gap," according to Rhodri Preece, senior head of research at the institute.