Xia Zhang

China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides brokerage services. It is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong and ultimately controlled by the Government of China. The company was founded in 1986.

Founder Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Founder Securities-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Founder Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601901), a public-held company headquartered in Changsha, China. Founded in 1988, Founder Securities-Broker provides a range of broking and trading services to institutional investors.

China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (CGS) is the brokerage division of government-owned China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601881). Headquartered in Beijing, CGS was founded in 2007 and provides securities and futures brokerage, proprietary trading and other securities trading services to institutional clients. The Securities Brokerage segment offers margin financing, securities lending, and securities dealing and broking. The Futures Brokerage segment provides futures dealing, broking, consulting, and training. The Proprietary Trading and Other Securities Trading Services segment includes bonds, funds, derivatives, and equity trading.

BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd. (BNPP SEC ASIA) is the Hong Kong-based brokerage subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP), an international banking group headquartered in France. BNPP SEC ASIA provides electronic trading services to its clients, including its affiliates which take principal or riskless principal positons. Such services enable the access to, and execution of trades via, alternative liquidity pools (ALPs), or commonly known as dark pools, operated by other service providers or affiliates of the firm (Third Party ALPs).

Ping An Securities Co. Ltd. is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Ping An Trust Co., Ltd., which is owned by Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. (SHA: 601318; HKG: 2318). Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm was founded in 1991 and provides institutional brokerage services based on the needs of professional investors such as private equity, public equity, trust, asset management, general corporate institutions, and high-net-worth clients.

China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co., Ltd. provides security dealing. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Chang Sheng Hu. China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co. was acquired by China International Capital Corp. Ltd. from China Investment Corp. on April 12, 2017 for $2,558.03 million.

GF Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) also known as Gungfa Securities Co. Ltd., is the brokerage division of GF Securities Co. Ltd. (SZ: 000776; HK: 1776) in China. Established in 1991, the firm is based in Guangzhou and provides a range of brokerage services.

SWS Research Co., Ltd. is the investment research subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., which is owned by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm was founded in 1992 to offer a wide range of products and services to global investors who want to invest in Chinese equity market. SWS Research provides clients with securities research service that covers over 500 key stocks in Asian market, as well as economics, strategy, bond, fund and derivatives research. Their clients include almost all major domestic institutional investors such as mutual funds, insurance companies, banks and trusts. They also serve QFII and other overseas institutional investors.

Essence Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (Essence Securities-Broker) is the broke/dealer division of Essence Securities Co. Ltd., an investment bank headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It was founded in 2006 and is owned by SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600061). The firm provides securities broking and trading services to retail clients.

Minsheng Securities Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Minsheng Securities Co. that was established in 2012 and is a Chinese private equity investment fund management company approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The company is based in Beijing, China. and has subsidiaries in China. It has a full range of business qualifications approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, including securities brokerage, underwriting, and sponsorship. The company was founded in 1986 and has a registered capital of 4,580,607,669 yuan. The CEO is Xiao Quan Zhou. Minsheng Securities Co. was acquired by Minsheng Securities Co. Ltd. /Private Group/ from Oceanwide Holdings Co., Ltd. (Beijing) on October 21, 2020 for $616.93 million.