Tamsui Credit Cooperative HQ and Yuanta Securities Tamsui Branch 20230730

Yuanta Securities is a Taiwanese

investment bank Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources into something expected to gain value over time". If an investment involves money, then it can be defined as a "commitment of money to receive more money later". From a broade ...

headquartered in

Taipei City , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Countr ...

, Taiwan and is the subsidiary of Yuanta Financial Holdings. The firm provides clients with

capital market A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold, in contrast to a money market where short-term debt is bought and sold. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers ...

s and

financial advisory Corporate services or business services are activities which combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) ...

services, institutional

brokerage A broker is a person or entity that arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller. This may be done for a commission when the deal is executed. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a principal party to the deal. Neith ...

and

securities A security is a tradable financial asset. The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction. In some countries and languages people commonly use the term "security" to refer to any for ...

research. Currently Yuanta Securities is the largest brokerage house in Taiwan, with about 12% of market share in the 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; in 2007, Yuanta Core Pacific Securities and Fuhua Securities were merged into Yuanta Securities; in 2012, Yuanta Securities and Polaris securities were merged into Yuanta Polaris Securities; in 2015, Yuanta Polaris Securities was renamed Yuanta Securities. 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.

References

{{Reflist Banks of Taiwan Companies based in Taipei Taiwanese brands