Yuanta Financial Holdings
LEI 21380045JG57LJEFFE13

Yuanta Financial Holdings is a comprehensive financial services firm with dominance in securities investment services. Yuanta Financial Holdings emerged from a merger in 2007 between Fuhwa Financial Holding Company and Yuanta Core Pacific Securities, which was already Taiwan's largest securities broker for more than a decade. Yuanta remains the unquestionable leader in securities-related businesses in Taiwan, and offers a full range of additional complementary services through its various subsidiaries. In addition to securities brokerage and securities financing, it also provides products and services in banking, insurance, futures, investment trust, investment consulting, venture capital, and asset management. Yuanta's market leadership has long been recognized by both local and foreign investors alike. As of July, 2014, Yuanta's distribution network consists of 167 securities branches and 88 banking branches with over 9,600 professionals providing clients with a full range of financial services. In 2014, the Company controlled approximately 13.5% of the market share in the securities brokerage sector and was able to maintain a big edge in securities margin financing with nearly 21.5% of the market share. Yuanta is also a market leader in terms of the domestic investment banking business. Outside of Taiwan, Yuanta is focused on expanding in the Greater-China region, and currently uses Hong Kong as a base of operations for providing cross-border services and in preparation for further expansion in China when the opportunity arises. Yuanta Hong Kong's operations include capital market fundraising and equities trading for institutional investors, as well as investment research and consulting services. Yuanta has a clear and focused goal of becoming the best financial service provider in the Greater-China region, while still maintaining its dominant position in Taiwan. As it strives toward this goal, Yuanta's operates under the principles of pursuing stable and sustainable growth, superior asset quality and prudent risk management while simultaneously emphasizing a customer-centric philosophy.