According to data from Bloomberg as of February 2025, the CSI Dividend Index delivered total returns of 12.3% in 2024, posting positive gains in three out of the past four years. In comparison, the CSI 300 Index posted positive gains in only one of those years.
Lion Global Investors (LGI) and China Merchants Fund Management (CMF) will list the Lion-China Merchants CSI Dividend Index ETF on the Singapore Exchange (SGX:S68
) (SGX) on Mar 28. This will be LGI’s eighth ETF and its third China-focused ETF.
The Lion-China Merchants CSI Dividend Index ETF aims to track closely, the performance of the CSI Dividend Index. The Index comprises 100 Shanghai-listed or Shenzhen-listed A shares of a certain scale and liquidity, with high cash dividend yields and stable dividends weighted based on their dividend yields to reflect the overall performance of the high-dividend stocks in the A-share market.
