HKEX Launches AI Index, Southern Asset Management Authorised to Launch ETF

Source: The Manila times
Published on: 2026-10-23 12:23

HONG KONG, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today announced the launch of the HKEX Artificial Intelligence Index (HKEX AI). As HKEX's first AI-themed index, HKEX AI offers investors a clearly defined, comprehensive, index-based tool for allocating to the artificial intelligence value chain. The launch further broadens HKEX's index suite and marks another important step in deepening its index business and serving investors' diversified allocation needs. HKEX has signed an agreement with China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Southern Asset Management), authorising it to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the index in the Chinese mainland market. HKEX AI captures the AI value chain through a single index, with its thematic universe spanning four segments: AI chips, AI infrastructure, AI models and AI applications. The chip segme...

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