SSE Series Indexes Perform Outstandingly, Helping to Build a Market Ecosystem of "Long-term Funds for Long-term Investment"

Translated from Shanghai Securities News—www.cnstock.com

(Shanghai Securities News, www.cnstock.com) (Reporter He Xinyi) Since 2025, index-based investment has once again embraced rapid development. In particular, SSE series indexes have performed well. As of the end of May, the total scale of all products for SSE series indexes had exceeded 600 billion yuan (an increase of 11.5% from the beginning of the year), and the total number of shares had reached nearly 400 billion (an increase of 4.5% from the beginning of the year).

Regarding the growth structure, fund products of indexes such as the SSE Benchmark Market-Making Corporate Bond Index, SSE STAR Market Composite Index, SSE STAR Market AI Index, and SSE 50 Index have become the main growth contributors.

The SSE Benchmark Market-Making Corporate Bond Index stimulates the demand for funds in the bond market

It is reported that the four SSE benchmark market-making corporate bond ETFs established in early 2025 have achieved explosive growth in scale within four months, expanding the scale by over 40 billion yuan for SSE.

SSE benchmark market-making corporate bonds are all credit bonds issued by companies with a large issuance scale and AAA rating. The issuers are mainly central and state-owned enterprises with high credit levels and stable operations. Compared with traditional equity products, benchmark market-making corporate bonds provide a good allocation tool with mid-to-low risks.

Data shows that the annualized return of the SSE Benchmark Market-Making Corporate Bond Index since the base date is 4.2%, significantly higher than that of rate bonds, thus becoming another high-quality choice for the bond ETF market.

SSE STAR Market series indexes enrich the "core technology" investment tools

Under the guidance of deepening the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy and accelerating the development of a modern industrial system, scientific and technological innovation is accelerating from point breakthroughs to system integration, and technological breakthroughs are speeding up their transformation into market applications. Many fields have ushered in an exciting "DeepSeek moment".

Against this backdrop, SSE STAR Market series indexes such as the SSE STAR Market Composite Index and SSE STAR Market AI Index provide investors with a wealth of "core technology" investment tools, which strongly support investment needs in the field of scientific and technological innovation. Among them, the scale of the SSE STAR Market Composite Index and price index products released in early 2025 has grown to nearly 30 billion yuan.

The SSE STAR Market Composite Index provides a comprehensive perspective to reflect the performance of the SSE STAR Market, achieving full coverage of SSE STAR Market value and core technology industry chains. As the hub for high R&D investment, the constituent stocks of the SSE STAR Market Composite Index achieved a median R&D intensity of 12.6% in 2024, ensuring innovation growth with R&D investment.

The SSE STAR Market AI Index focuses on 30 high-quality companies in the field of AI, with a compound revenue growth rate of 10% over the past three years, capturing the dividends of the AI industry's explosive growth and grasping the trend of future technological development.

The SSE 50 Index continues to function as the "ballast"

The SSE 50 Index represents the overall performance of 50 SSE-listed securities with a large scale and great liquidity. The average total market value of the samples exceeds 500 billion yuan. It focuses on industry leaders, shares the results of core high-quality enterprises, closely tracks the trend of the macro-economy, and provides options for the market to seize investment opportunities in core assets and achieve the steady appreciation of assets. The index's dividend yield has reached 3.59%, showing outstanding investment value.

Since the beginning of this year, the scale of products tracking the SSE 50 Index has increased by nearly 10 billion yuan. The index continues to play a "ballast" role as the leading index of the super-large-cap market.

A relevant person in charge of SSE said that since the beginning of this year, SSE has continued to devote energy to index-based investment. It has not only released significant indexes such as the SSE STAR Market Composite Index and the SSE 580 Index and revised the SSE 380 Index but also completed the mid-term update of the Three-Year Action Plan for Index Business. Next, SSE will continue to work with relevant parties to promote the high-quality development of index-based investment and develop a more coordinated market ecosystem for investment and financing.

The above information is provided for reference purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.