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UBS Securities Co., Ltd.
Company typejoint venture
IndustryFinancial services
PredecessorBeijing Securities
Founded2006
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Area served
Mainland China
Services
RevenueIncrease CN¥1.232 billion (2015)
Increase CN¥388 million (2015)
Increase CN¥301 million (2015)
Total assetsIncrease CN¥3.731 billion (2015)
Total equityIncrease CN¥1.886 billion (2015)
Owner
UBS Group(51%)
Beijing SAM(33%)
Guangdong Comm. Group [zh](14.01%)
China Guodian(1.99%)
ParentUBS Group
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese瑞银证券有限责任公司
Traditional Chinese瑞銀證券有限責任公司
Transcriptions
UBS Securities
Simplified Chinese瑞银证券
Traditional Chinese瑞銀證券
Transcriptions
Websitewww.ubssecurities.com

UBS Securities Co., Ltd. is the investment bank and brokerage firm of the Swiss bank UBS with offices in many countries, among them China. Its Chinese arm is a joint-venture according to the restrictions of foreign investments in China, especially in the financial sector. Since 2018, it is a subsidiary of the Swiss bank UBS.

History

In 2006, China Jianyin Investment (an indirect subsidiary of the State Council) and Beijing Guoxiang Asset Management (an asset management subsidiary of the Beijing Municipal People's Government)[1] established the firm after the financial difficulties of Beijing Securities.[2] UBS and the International Finance Corporation bought a combined 24.99% share of the enterprise in 2007, under the laws governing Sino-foreign joint ventures. COFCO Group and State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC) also acquired part ownership from China Jianyin Investment.

The firm began operations in May of 2007. It underwrote BYD Company, Pang Da Automobile Trade and other publicly traded companies in their IPO. In 2011, China Guodian acquired the SDIC's 14% stake and China Jianyin Investment sold its remaining 14.01% stake to its parent company, Central Huijin Investment, which was in turn acquired in 2013 by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government [zh]-owned Guangdong Provincial Communication Group [zh]. One year later, UBS increased its stake from 20% to 24.99% by acquiring International Finance Corporation's share.[3]

UBS Securities became a subsidiary of UBS in 2015.[4] The latter company increased its share to 51% by acquiring additional stake from China Guodian and COFCO Group.[5] Beijing Guoxiang Asset Management's stake in UBS Securities is now (as of 2019) owned by sister company Beijing State-owned Assets Management.[6] Yu Xugang and his coauthors called UBS Securities "the first foreign-invested fully-licensed securities firm in China".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Beijing Guoxiang Property Management Co., Ltd". Beijing State-owned Assets Management. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. ^ "UBS wins approval for Beijing Securities deal". The Financial Times. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF) (in Chinese). UBS Securities. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. ^ "UBS Group AG to Boost Majority Stake to 51% in China JV". Yahoo!. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ 瑞银成为首家增持内地合资券商股份至51%以实现控股的外资金融机构 (Press release) (in Chinese (China)). UBS Securities. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. ^ 瑞银证券2019年报公开披露信息及已审财务报表 [2019 Annual Report] (PDF) (Report) (in Chinese (China)). UBS Securities. 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. ^ Yu, Xugang; Rizzi, Cristiano; Tettamanti, Mario; Ziccardi, Fabio E.; Guo, Li (2018). China's Belt And Road: The Initiative And Its Financial Focus. Hackensack, New Jersey: World Scientific. pp. 303–304. ISBN 978-981-3239-53-1. Retrieved 2024-12-02 – via Google Books.

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