Report Industry Investment Rating - The industry is rated as "Overweight", indicating an expected increase of over 10% compared to the benchmark index in the next 6 - 12 months [67] Core View of the Report - In 2025, the market is driven by incremental funds from institutional liability - side changes, expected to bring 3 trillion yuan in incremental funds. The upward trend of A - shares will continue in the second half of the year. Active equity products will enter a new golden age, and mid - to high - volatility products are likely to attract incremental funds [5][15] Summary According to the Directory 1. Three Rounds of Market Review Driven by Funds: Individual Stock Era, Group - Holding Era, and Active Management Era - From 2014 - 2015, it was the individual stock era driven by retail investors and leverage. Policy encouraged capital market development, with IPO restart, Shanghai - Hong Kong Stock Connect launch, and liquidity release. Leverage and retail investors drove up market turnover and margin trading. Individual stocks and the index outperformed active equity funds [16][20] - From 2019 - 2021, it was the group - holding era of public funds. Core assets like Maotai Index and Ningzuohe aligned with industrial trends. Public funds had a positive feedback loop of new issuance, pricing power, and performance. Active equity funds outperformed the index, and non - heavy - held stocks by public funds performed the weakest [16][25] - In 2025, it is the active management era. Driven by institutional allocation, active equity funds are emerging, with their median returns comparable to individual stocks and outperforming the index [16] 2. The Rise of Active Management: Difficulty in Achieving Excess Returns through Heavy - Holding and Group - Holding, and Alpha Creation through Stock - Picking Ability - In this round of the market, heavy - held stocks by funds have not obtained significant excess returns. As of July 24, 2025, the top 5 heavy - held stocks by institutions only had a 3% excess return, compared to 75% in 2015 and 84% in 2020 [30][31] - The proportion of A - shares held by funds and the concentration of fund holdings are at a low level in the past five years. The proportion of fund - held market value decreased from 14% in 2021 to 7% - 8% in Q1 2025, and the concentration indicators such as CR100 and CR50 have also declined [34] - Fund heavy - held companies are shifting towards small - and medium - market - capitalization enterprises. The proportion of companies below 30 billion yuan in fund holdings increased from 8% in Q4 2020 to 14% in Q2 2025 [35] 3. Three Factors Resonate to Push up the Bottom Central System of A - shares - In terms of funds, major institutional types in 2025 are expected to bring 3 trillion yuan in incremental funds into the market, including 816.2 billion yuan from insurance, 326.8 - 584.8 billion yuan from wealth management, 939.1 billion yuan from public funds, and 583.3 billion yuan from trusts [42][44] - From the perspective of stock - bond ratio, non - bank funds prefer equity assets. With the decline of broad - spectrum interest rates, the 10 - year Treasury yield cannot meet the return requirements of liabilities. Since the beginning of this year, the scale of fixed - income + funds has expanded significantly, indicating strong demand for equity - like asset allocation [45] - A - share earnings are at the bottom. As of Q1 2025, the year - on - year growth rate of the net profit attributable to the parent of all A - shares (ex - finance) turned positive, mainly due to the low - base effect and cost management. Structural improvement is more worthy of attention [51] 4. Taking Fixed - Income + as an Example, What are the Institutional Preferences? - In terms of strategy selection, in bear markets, low - volatility products have a higher probability of achieving excellent performance, while in bull markets, high - volatility products have a higher probability of achieving excellent performance. In the current market, high - volatility products among the top 20% in performance ranking account for over 60% [54][59] - In terms of fund flow, during the 2019 - 2021 bull market, high - volatility products with excellent performance had a higher probability of net subscriptions. In 2025, funds are still in the transition from bear - market thinking to bull - market thinking, similar to 2019. Mid - to high - volatility products are likely to attract incremental funds [54][59]