Shenwan Hongyuan (Chinese: 申万宏源; pinyin: Shēnwànhóngyuán) is a state-owned securities brokerage company in China which engages in the operation of large-scale comprehensive securities broking and trading services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Xinjiang, China.
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Native name | 申万宏源集团股份有限公司 |
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| Company type | Public; state-owned enterprise |
| SZSE: 000166 (A share) SEHK: 6806 (H share) | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | September 16, 1996 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Chu Xiaoming (Chairman) |
| Services | Securities brokerage Investment banking Investment management |
| Revenue |  CN¥33.89 billion (FY 2021) |
| CN¥9.54 billion (FY 2021) | |
| Total assets | CN¥601.01 billion (FY 2021) |
| Total equity | CN¥107.06 billion (FY 2021) |
| Owners | China Jianyin Investment (26.34%) Central Huijin Investment (20.05%) HKSCC Nominees (10.00%) |
Number of employees | 11,440 (FY 2021) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
History
editShenwan Hongyuan is the result of multiple mergers of Chinese securities firms.[2]
The company was first established on 16 September 1996, as Shenyin & Wanguo Securities via a merger between Shenyin Securities and Wanguo Securities.[2][3][4] The merger happened in response to the "327 incident" which occurred in 1995. It involved a placement of a huge sell order on three-year government bond futures shortly before the close of trading on 23 February.[2][3][4] The transactions were discovered Shanghai Stock Exchange and nullified resulting in Wanguo Securities almost going bankrupt.[3][4] Wanguo Securities' president, Guan Jinsheng was sentenced to 17 years in jail for market manipulation and his firm was forced to merge with Shenyin Securities.[2][3][4]
In 1998, the company advised on the China's biggest asset restructuring deals, which included Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, Shanghai Shenda, Shanghai Sanmao Group, and Nantong Machinery.[2] For both 1998 and 1999 the company ranked first among brokerages in terms of net assets, net profit and stock trading volume.[2]
In January 2015, the company merged with Hongyuan Securities which was the first securities firm to have listed in China.[2] The deal was valued at nearly 40 billion yuan (US$6.3 billion) making it the biggest brokerage merger in China at the time.[2][5] After the merger, the company was renamed to its current name, Shenwan Hongyuan and also became the second largest brokerage firm in China by market value at the time due to surge in stock price on its trading debut.[2][5] During this time, Shenwan Hongyuan also moved its headquarters to Urumqi, Xinjiang.
On 26 April 2019, Shenwan Hongyuan held an initial public offering for its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[2][6][7] However unlike the strong performance of its A shares in 2015, the performance of its H share price dropped 12% on its trading debut.[6]
Regulatory issues
editOn 3 September 2020, the Securities and Futures Commission issued a restriction notice to Shenwan Hongyuan to freeze client accounts linked to suspected market manipulation.[8]
In March 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission fined Shenwan Hongyuan for improper management of compliance controls related to Ant Group.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Annual Report 2021" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chinese brokerage giant to raise US$1.3b in Hong Kong's largest IPO". South China Morning Post. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d Faison, Seth (4 February 1997). "Trader Sentenced in China Bond Scandal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "TIMELINE - Major events in China's government bond futures market". Reuters. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b Soo, Aipeng (26 January 2015). "Chinese Broker's Shares Surge After $6.3 Billion Merger". Bloomberg.
- ^ a b "Asia's biggest IPO of 2019 plunges on Hong Kong market debut". South China Morning Post. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "China securities firm Shenwan Hongyuan launches HK listing of up to $1.25 bln". Reuters. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Standard, The. "SFC freezes client accounts". The Standard. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ 市场资讯 (28 March 2022). "蚂蚁集团合作券商遭当头一棒：被痛批存很多问题". finance.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 1 October 2022.