New China index expands pool of structured products underlyings

China’s stock market has debuted a new blue-chip benchmark, the CSI A50 index, prompting structured product market participants to mull over its potential application. Our observation is that [Chinese] onshore investors are still in the process of digesting the characteristics of this new index - Jason Lui, BNP Paribas Launched on 2 January, the new CSI benchmark index has an industry focus on new energy,  manufacturing, and healthcare companies, compared with traditional ind