Hang Seng Indexes Licenses Samsung Securities to Use HSTECH Gross Total Return Index, HSTECH Short Index, HSTECH 2x Short Index and HSTECH TR 2x Leveraged Index as Basis for ETNs

(Hong Kong, 28 July 2021) – Hang Seng Indexes Company has licensed the below listed indexes to Samsung Securities Co., Ltd (‘Samsung Securities’) to serve as the underlying indexes for the creation of four exchange-traded notes (‘ETNs’). The ETNs were listed on the Korea Exchange on 28 July 2021.

 

Index Name

ETN Name

Hang Seng TECH Index 

(Gross Total Return Index)

Samsung Hang Seng TECH ETN(H)

HSTECH Short Index

Samsung Inverse Hang Seng TECH ETN(H)

HSTECH 2x Short Index

Samsung Inverse 2X Hang Seng TECH ETN(H)

HSTECH TR 2x Leveraged Index 

Samsung Leverage Hang Seng TECH ETN(H)

 

The new ETNs will bring the number of exchange-traded products linked to indexes in the Hang Seng Family of Indexes to 104 – with listings on 17 different stock exchanges across the world. As at the end of June 2021, AUM in products passively tracking indexes in the Hang Seng Family of Indexes had reached a total of about USD43.8 billion. 

 

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 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.