Harvest Global Investments, one of the biggest fund managers in mainland China, is pressing ahead with its aim of managing European consumers' investments in its homeland, with the launch of the first fund from its London office.

Harvest is launching its China Evolution Equity Fund for sale to investors in the UK, Luxembourg, Finland and Switzerland. The fund will invest in mainland China via Harvest's international subsidiary in Hong Kong, using the "stock connect" services set up between the territory and the stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen in the past few years.