China Securities Index Company

China Securities Index Company (CSI)
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedAugust 2005
HeadquartersShanghai, China
Key people
Yang Yongben(Chairman) Lu Suyuan(Director and General Manager)
Productsindexes, custom indexes, bond valuation services, credit rating services, financial research
Number of employees
138 (2020)
Websitehttps://www.csindex.com.cn

China Securities Index Company (Chinese: 中证指数有限公司) is a Chinese financial research firm and index provider. The company was founded in August 25, 2005 as a joint venture between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[1][2] CSI is an index provider in China and manages over 4,000 indexes. The company also offers bond valuation and credit rating services.[3][4] As of 2020, CSI has 138 employees.[5]

While CSI indexes only cover Chinese securities, they are heavily used by investors worldwide. Multiple investment products including exchange-traded products use CSI indexes as their benchmarks, including the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF[6] and Direxion Daily China A Share ETFs.[7]

  1. ^ "中证指数有限公司". 2007-03-04. Archived from the original on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  2. ^ "OVERVIEW CSI 300 Index and Related Products". Shenzhen Stock Exchange. July 23, 2021.
  3. ^ China Securities Index Co. (2013). "Brief Introduction". China Securities Index Co. Ltd. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ www.csindex.com.cn https://www.csindex.com.cn/#/about/overview. Retrieved 2022-06-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "中证指数有限公司2020年度报告". aiqicha. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "KWEB". KraneShares.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "China A Shares ETF". direxion.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.