(Hong Kong, 3 June 2021) – Hang Seng Indexes Company has licensed the HSTECH Futures 2x Short Index and the HSTECH Futures 2x Leveraged Index to KB Securities to serve as the underlying indexes for the creation of exchange-traded notes (‘ETNs’). The ETNs were listed on the Korea Exchange on 2 June 2021.
The HSTECH Futures 2x Short Index and the HSTECH Futures 2x Leveraged Index are the short and leveraged versions of the HSTECH Futures Index with different levels of leverage ratios.
The new ETNs will bring the number of exchange-traded products linked to indexes in the Hang Seng Family of Indexes to 103 – with listings on 17 different stock exchanges across the world. As at the end of May 2021, AUM in products passively tracking indexes in the Hang Seng Family of Indexes had reached a total of about USD41.6 billion.
For further details of the HSTECH Futures 2x Short Index and the HSTECH Futures 2x Leveraged Index, please visit www.hsi.com.hk.
About Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited
Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (‘Hang Seng Indexes Company’) manages and compiles the Hang Seng Family of Indexes, which cover stocks listed in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Our index series includes the Hang Seng Index, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and the Hang Seng TECH Index, as well as Stock Connect, Greater Bay Area and sector-related indexes. As at the end of 2020, assets under management in products passively tracking indexes in the Hang Seng Family of Indexes had reached a total of about US$38 billion. Hang Seng Indexes Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank. For further information on the Hang Seng Family of Indexes, please visit www.hsi.com.hk