Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. ("Huatai Securities" or "the Company"; 601688.SH; 6886.HK; HTSC.LI) is a leading technology-driven securities group headquartered in Nanjing, China.
Founded in 1991, Huatai Securities has grasped the opportunities offered by China's capital market reform and opening-up, leading the way in transforming China's securities industry via financial technologies. Considered to be a titan in the industry, Huatai Securities has long provided comprehensive, fully integrated, professional and diversified "client-centric" securities services for individuals and institutional clients. With the Company's issuance of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange, Huatai Securities became an "A+H+G" financial institution listed in three markets. Today, Huatai Securities continues its journey into a new chapter of global expansion and internationalization.
Huatai Securities was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (601688.SH) on February 26, 2010, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (6886.HK) on June 1, 2015, and listed on the Global Depository Receipt via the London-Shanghai stock connect on the London Stock Exchange (HTSC.LI) on June 17, 2019.
Driven by Huatai Securities' highly synergetic business model, cutting-edge digital platform, and extensive and engaging customer base, the Company's businesses – including wealth management, institutional services, investment management and international business – will continue to offer industry-leading competitiveness at the forefront of the industry.
According to data from the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, Huatai Securities' trading volume has dominated the industry since 2014; The Company's wealth management APP "ZhangLe Wealth" has long ranked first in the industry with MAUs over 10 million since July 2020 (according to Analysys data) and total downloads exceeding 58 million as of the end of 2020. Huatai Securities also remains at the forefront of the industry in terms of equity and bond underwriting, M&A transactions and corporate restructuring scale & volume.
Currently, Huatai Securities has five wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Huatai Securities (Shanghai) Asset Management Co., Ltd., Huatai International Financial Holdings Co., Ltd., Huatai Zijin Investment Co., Ltd., Huatai Innovation Investment Co., Ltd., Huatai Futures Co., Ltd.; controlling interests in two subsidiaries including Huatai United Securities Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Equity Exchange Co., Ltd.; as well as minority interests including China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd., Huatai-PineBridge Investments Co., Ltd., Bank of Jiangsu Co., Ltd., GP Capital Co., Ltd., and E-Capital Transfer Co., Ltd.
In 2016, Huatai Securities made its first strategic acquisition overseas by acquiring AssetMark, the third-largest TAMP (turnkey asset management platform) company in the USA. AssetMark then went public and commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 22, 2019.
Huatai Securities remains steadfastly committed to its core values of "Efficiency, Integrity, Stability and Innovation", and continues to implement its technology-driven dual-pronged strategy to ensure that its wealth management and institutional services to stay at the forefront of the industry. Together we will become a first-class Investment bank with both domestic advantages and global influence.
