Steve Liu

Merrill Lynch Far East Ltd. is the stockbroking subsidiary of Merrill Lynch HK Services Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm was founded in 2003 and offers a broad range of brokerage services to institutional investors.

Essence International Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Essence International HK) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of Essence International Financial Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600061) in China. Essence International HK provides comprehensive and diversified securities sales and investment services to institutional clients, corporate clients and individual investors.

Macquarie Capital Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based securities brokerage arm of Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG), a global financial services group headquartered in Australia. Macquarie Capital offers brokerage services to various investors.

DBS Vickers (Hong Kong) Ltd. (DBS-HK) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of DBS Vickers Securities Holdings Pte Ltd., ultimately held by DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (SGX: D05) in Singapore. DBS-HK provides a comprehensive blend of brokerage services.

CLSA Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based institutional brokerage subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600030, SEHK: 6030), a full-service investment bank headquartered in China. Founded in 1986, the firm provides sales and execution services to global investors and corporates.

First Shanghai Securities Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1999 and is subsidiary of First Shanghai Financial Holding Ltd., which is owned by First Shanghai Investments Ltd. (HKG: 0227). First Shanghai Securities provides securities trading services in the Hong Kong financial market. They are also actively engaged in share placement and IPO subscription activities, custodian and nominee services, as well as the newly launched futures trading operation.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

Mighty Divine Investment Management Ltd. (Mighty Divine) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2019 as Daksh Asset Management Ltd. Mighty Divine provides diversified investment products and consulting services for institutions and high-net-worth clients.

Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (MSA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSA provides institutional securities such as equities, fixed income, derivatives and research.

Warburg Pincus Asia LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1994 headquartered at Hong Kong.

Zhongtai International Securities Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based brokerage subsidiary of Zhongtai Financial International Ltd., ultimately owned by Shandong State-Owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission, a government agency headquartered in China. Zhongtai International Securities provides a wide range of futures brokerage services, such as (1) Hong Kong futures products including Hang Seng Index futures and option; H-share index futures and options; Mini-Hang Seng Index futures and options; Mini-H-Share index futures and (2) Global commodity futures including Singapore Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Futures the Exchange, Tokyo Industrial Products Exchange.

SPDB International Securities Ltd. (SPDBIS) is a securities broker headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of SPDB International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong), which is owned by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600000) in China. SPDBIS provides a safe-and-reliable online trading platform for customer to trade on wide range of financial instruments in different markets, such as China, Hong Kong and US.

Jefferies Hong Kong Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, which is owned by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) in the US. Jefferies Hong Kong is a client-focused full-service sales, trading and capital markets platform across all equity and fixed income securities. They provide an array of trading and execution services for their clients.

Part of Samsung Securities Co., Ltd., Samsung Securities (Asia) Ltd. is a brokerage company based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company provides brokerage services. The company was founded in 2001. The CEO is Young Kyun Ko.

BOCI Securities Ltd. is the brokerage subsidiary of Hong Kong-based BOCI Asia Ltd., which is owned by Government of China’s China Investment Corp., a sovereign wealth company headquartered in Beijing. Founded in 1983, BOCI Securities offers investors with comprehensive products and services such as sales and trading of equities and structured products, investment advisory and private wealth management.

Daiwa Capital Markets (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Daiwa HK) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of Daiwa Capital Markets Asia Holding BV, ultimately owned by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601) in Japan. Founded in 1970, Daiwa HK offers brokerage services to an established international client base.

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Nomura International HK) is the brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co. Ltd., which is ultimately-owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm’s global markets team offers research, sales and trading of global securities to a diverse range of clients globally, including institutional investors, financial institutions, corporates, financial sponsors and government entities. Nomura International HK operates a truly integrated, cross-asset platform which includes research, sales and trading in equities, currencies, rates and credit in cash and derivative products.