Yuanta Securities

Yuanta Securities is a Taiwanese investment bank headquartered in Taipei City, Taiwan and is the subsidiary of Yuanta Financial Holdings . The firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research.[1]

Yuanta Securities
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryInvestment Services
Founded1996 (1996)
HeadquartersTaipei City, Taiwan
ProductsFinancial services
Investment banking
RevenueIncrease NT$ 41.12 billion (12/31/18)
Increase NT$ 10.18 billion (12/31/18)
Increase NT$ 10.08 billion (12/31/18)
ParentYuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd.(100.00%)
Website元大證券
Yuanta Securities, Tamsui Branch in 2023

Currently Yuanta Securities is the largest brokerage house in Taiwan and has about 12% of market share [2] in Taiwanese stock market.

History

The predecessors of Yuanta Securities include Yuanta Securities established in 1961, Core Pacific Securities and Polaris Securities established in 1988, and Fuhua Securities established in 1996.In 2000, Yuanta Securities and Core Pacific Securities merged into Yuanta Core Pacific Securities;[3] in 2007, Yuanta Core Pacific Securities and Fuhua Securities were merged into Yuanta Securities; on April 1, 2012, Yuanta Securities and Polaris securities were merged into Yuanta Polaris Securities;[4] in 2015, Yuanta Polaris Securities was renamed Yuanta Securities.[5]

Although Yuanta Securities is now dominated by Yuanda Financial Holdings, after many mergers while Fuhua Securities is the surviving company.

Controversies

A board member of Yuanta Financial Holdings resigned in 2012 after his son, Justin Lee, was found to have drugged and raped many women.[6]

References
  1. "About Yuanta Securities".
  2. "More than half of the Taiwanese brokerage brokerage market accounts for less than 1%".
  3. "Merger Between Yuanta and Core Pacific Securities".
  4. "Merger Between Yuanta Financial Holdings and Polaris Securities".
  5. "Yuanta Polaris Securities is renamed Yuanta Securities".
  6. "Model breaks down amid fugitive socialite scandal - Taipei Times". 19 August 2012.
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