CITIC Securities

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CITIC Securities Company Limited
中信证券股份有限公司
Company type Public
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1995;29 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersCITIC Securities Tower,
Shenzhen
,
China
Area served
China
Services
  • Investment banking
  • Securities brokerage
Owner CITIC Group (15.59%)
Number of employees
15,842 (2018)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Subsidiaries CLSA
Website www.cs.ecitic.com

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. is a Chinese full-service investment bank. [1] It offers services in underwriting, research, brokerage, asset management, wealth management, and investment advisory. CITIC Securities was established in 1995 and it is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. By mid-2020, it was among China's four largest securities firms, together with Guotai Junan Securities, GF Securities, and Haitong Securities. [2]

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Listing

On January 6, 2003, CITIC Securities (SSE : 600030) was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). On October 6, 2011, CITIC Securities (SEHK :  6030) was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

Awards

In 2011, CITIC Securities was awarded the "Best Equity House in China" and "Best Broker in China" by FinanceAsia; "China Equity House" by the IFR Asia; "Most Innovative Investment Bank from Asia" by The Banker. The research team have been awarded "Best Local Research Team" by New Fortune in six consecutive years.

Acquisitions

In July 2012, CITIC Securities agreed to acquire Crédit Agricole's Asia brokerage and research unit CLSA for $1.25 billion which 19.9 percent stake or $310.3 million will be bought in the first step and the remaining 80.1 percent stake or $941.7 million will be bought later. [3]

In August 2015, CITIC Securities was reported to be in advanced talks with London Stock Exchange Group Plc to buy Russell Investments, an asset management firm based in the US. However the discussions was suspended due to a series of investigations into top CITIC Securities executives by Chinese authorities. [4] In October London Stock Exchange announced the sale of Russell Investments to TA Associates, a Boston private equity firm for US$1.15 billion, much lower than US$1.8 billion offered by CITIC Securities. [5]

On August 25, 2015 the Chinese news media announced that several executives within CITIC Securities were under investigation for possible wrongdoing. [6]

In September 15, the CEO of CITIC Securities was suspected by Chinese police of leaking and trading on unspecified inside information. [7]

In December 2015, the head of CITIC Securities investment banking division and the head of overseas investment banking business were reported to be detained by authorities to assist investigation on potential insider trading and information leakage. [8]

CITIC CEFC bond default

In November 2016, CITIC CLSA acted as the sole bookrunner for CEFC Shanghai's $250 USD bond issuance. CITIC CLSA hid from the market that the bond deal was only 60% subscribed at pricing. It manipulated the bond price in the secondary market in an effort to offload the 100mm USD bond CITIC CLSA held on its balance sheet. [9]

In May 2018, CITIC Group announced they would repay ca 450 million euros owed by CEFC Europe to finance and banking group J&T within days but since the debt was not paid a week later, J&T announced it had taken over shareholder rights and installed crisis management at CEFC Europe. [10] [11] Several days later, CEFC Shanghai defaulted on $327 million in bond payments, and offered to make the payments six months after the maturity date. [12]

In October 2020, some retail CEFC bondholders in Hong Kong filed a complaint to the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong against the bond's sole underwriter CITIC CLSA. [13]

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  11. ↑ "UPDATE 2-J&T Private Investments says takes over shareholder rights in CEFC Europe". Reuters. 2018-05-17.
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