UBS SDIC introduces leveraged index fund to China

Oct 1, 2009

The funds JV is looking to tap into Chinese appetite for more exotic products; meanwhile, it also finds a new CIO.

UBS SDIC, the Swiss bank's 49:51 joint venture with the State Development and Investment Corp in China, plans to list its index-tracking CSI300 fund on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The fund is 95% benchmarked to the CSI300 index, which tracks prices of the 300 most active stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses. The remaining 5% follows the local interbank interest rate benchmark.

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