China Southern CSI Yangtze River Protection Theme ETF opens for subscription today.

Sep 22, 2021 (China Knowledge) - China Southern CSI Yangtze River Protection Theme ETF (517163) is launched today for subscription. The fund is a passive equity index fund managed by China Southern Asset Management Co.,Ltd. This fund builds a portfolio by buying all/part of the index to track the performance of the selected index.

Our records show the company is currently managing 264 funds with aggregate AUM of RMB 888.27 bln.

The investment manager Gong Tao has over 2 years of experience. He has previously developed expertise in mitigating various risks, optimizing fund performance, and has a PhD's degree. Currently there are 7 funds under his management, totaled RMB 3,315 mln asset under management (AUM).

Gong seeks to invest the fund mostly in the manufacturing, finance and electricity, heat, gas, water production & supply industry. The top 5 holdings in his current portfolio are Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (300750), EVE Energy Co., Ltd. (300014), Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. (300274), Fetching... (002460) and Fetching... (300450), among which the best performing security rose 46.00% over the past 3 months.

China Southern CSI New Energy ETF (516160) which he manages, since 22 Jan 2021, performed the best recording 56.34% in terms of annualized return, exceeded its peers' average return. Over the...