What is CSI Index Company Limited?
CSI Index Co., Ltd. is a company specialized in the development and service of securities indexes and index derivatives, which is jointly funded by Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange according to the spirit of the chairman's office meeting of China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Founded in August 2005, it aims to integrate the existing index resources of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, compile an influential unified index of the whole market according to the index planning of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and customer demand, and provide the underlying indexes for financial derivatives such as stock index futures, such as the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, the CSI 100 Index, and the CSI 700 Index.
CSI Index Company and CSI Index Company are the only two index companies wholly established by the Exchange in China. CSI Index Company is an independent company, which owns half of the property rights of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. However, CSI Index Company is not an independent company at present. It is affiliated to Shenzhen Securities Information Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenzhen Stock Exchange.