Haitong: a spotlight on the regional ambitions of Chinese firms

Risk30: Chinese securities house Haitong is going with the flow

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This is the ninth of 10 interviews marking Risk’s 30th anniversary. An introduction to the series – and links to the other articles – is available here.

“Global vision, regional hub” is how Haitong International Securities describes its mission on the cover of its 2017 interim report. Inside, it says its goal is to be one of the region’s leading boutique investment banks – the kind of bullish talk that has become more common among China’s securities houses over the past decade.

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